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<blockquote data-quote="SearchingForRainbows" data-source="post: 201210" data-attributes="member: 3388"><p>Great post!!! It is so confusing. I always thought that if a child had a speech/language delay, than the diagnosis is Autism. difficult child 2 "babbled" non stop as a toddler and while he had speech - echolalia (SP?), he had virtually no language skills. difficult child 2 didn't communicate through language until he turned 4. Even then, he still used lots of echolalia and his language skills consisted mostly of two or three words pronounced incorrectly.</p><p></p><p>Like others, I always thought that if a child had no language skills early on, then he/she is Autistic. Since then, difficult child 2's providers have told me that I'm wrong - difficult child 2 is clearly an "Aspie." per his doctors. (He is high functioning intellectually but lacks any sort of "common sense," and is low functioning socially/emotionally). </p><p></p><p>difficult child 2 has been given lots of different diags over the years. At two he was labeled Autistic. Later on he had Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). After that, he was given the label of global developmental delay. Finally, last year, we were told he is an Aspie. (And, most recently, difficult child 2 has also been diagnosed with moderate pragmatic language disorder.) We were further told that he missed the diag for mild to moderate Autism by .5 point. I find all of this so confusing!!! </p><p></p><p>Also, although I don't know where to point you in the literature, I've been told many, many times by different providers that ADD and ADHD are at one end of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum while Autism is at the other end. In fact, at first, we thought both difficult child 1 and difficult child 2 had ADHD. Although neither one of my difficult children were diagnosed with ADHD, at times, throughout their development, they both appeared to have it. To me, difficult child 2 still looks like he has ADHD.</p><p></p><p>As far as I'm concerned, as long as our difficult children get the services they need, then the label isn't as important. However, at least where I live, without the label of Autism, even though Aspberger's is a form of Autism, it is very difficult to get appropriate services. And, when our providers can't agree on the correct diagnosis, how are we supposed to convince our SDs to provide services we know our kids need? WFEN</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SearchingForRainbows, post: 201210, member: 3388"] Great post!!! It is so confusing. I always thought that if a child had a speech/language delay, than the diagnosis is Autism. difficult child 2 "babbled" non stop as a toddler and while he had speech - echolalia (SP?), he had virtually no language skills. difficult child 2 didn't communicate through language until he turned 4. Even then, he still used lots of echolalia and his language skills consisted mostly of two or three words pronounced incorrectly. Like others, I always thought that if a child had no language skills early on, then he/she is Autistic. Since then, difficult child 2's providers have told me that I'm wrong - difficult child 2 is clearly an "Aspie." per his doctors. (He is high functioning intellectually but lacks any sort of "common sense," and is low functioning socially/emotionally). difficult child 2 has been given lots of different diags over the years. At two he was labeled Autistic. Later on he had Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). After that, he was given the label of global developmental delay. Finally, last year, we were told he is an Aspie. (And, most recently, difficult child 2 has also been diagnosed with moderate pragmatic language disorder.) We were further told that he missed the diag for mild to moderate Autism by .5 point. I find all of this so confusing!!! Also, although I don't know where to point you in the literature, I've been told many, many times by different providers that ADD and ADHD are at one end of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum while Autism is at the other end. In fact, at first, we thought both difficult child 1 and difficult child 2 had ADHD. Although neither one of my difficult children were diagnosed with ADHD, at times, throughout their development, they both appeared to have it. To me, difficult child 2 still looks like he has ADHD. As far as I'm concerned, as long as our difficult children get the services they need, then the label isn't as important. However, at least where I live, without the label of Autism, even though Aspberger's is a form of Autism, it is very difficult to get appropriate services. And, when our providers can't agree on the correct diagnosis, how are we supposed to convince our SDs to provide services we know our kids need? WFEN [/QUOTE]
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