One of the recurring topic discussed on our Facebook page AutismTalk is the issue of how long it take to get diagnosed with ASD.  You can check out the discussions here https://www.facebook.com/AutismTalk.

In the case of our son John it took around six months from the time that the issue of autism was first mooted to a final diagnosis.  You can read more here about his diagnosis (https://patienttalk.org/how-easy-was-it-to-get-your-child-diagnosed-with-autism/) as we$$ as reading the story of others in the same situation.

Now, of course,  the time taken to get an  autism diagnosis will vary for healthcare system to healthcare system.  Even that being said we are very interested to get a feel timescales among our readers.

We have set up a poll whose objective it to find out the length of time it took you or a loved one to get diagnosed with autism or ASD.  We are thinking from the first time you contacted a healthcare professional about the symptoms to a final diagnosis.

It would be great if you could tell us more about the process in the comments box below.

Many thanks in advance.