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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 10427" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I 100% agree that five minutes or even one hour of talking to parents and seeing a kid isn't enough to diagnose. We had really good luck with a neuropsychologist. He tested my son, in two hour increments, for twelve hours. He got a chance to test him on every level and to see how he responds when he's overwhelmed or too bored and to see how he deals with free time as well. He was the first one who got the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) that we had seen since he was a toddler. Three years later, and now off medications, my son is doing great. I don't think professionals take enough time with the kids. And they're all so specialized. A psychiatrist knows psychiatric disorders. That does not mean he knows one thing about high functioning autism. Ours didn't. He kept calling it bipolar, even though son didn't rage or have moodswings. Finally, we took the bull by the horns and dumped him, getting a new evaluation. Took us long enough!!!! I put a lot of stock in how much time and testing and observation of the child a professional bothers with. Although there is no magic blood test for any of this, testing can certainly pinpoint areas of weakness and strength that point to certain disorders. Thankfully, neuropsychologist didn't miss a trick and made no diagnosis until the very end, when all the testing was done. It didn't change who my son was, but it changed his treatment--the medications hit the trash and the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions kicked in. I can't even blather enough about how good all this has been for my son. Guess who diagnosed him right the first time, but kept being shouted down by "professionals?" Me and hub. We saw the autistic traits the day he moved into our house as a foster child. Amazing that the professionals passed it off as "ADHD/ODD" and bipolar. I mean, the kid echoed, banged his head, and didn't speak in sentences until he was five. Hello!!!! Son is very fluent now and can pass for typical. Sorry. This turned into a vent. I really dislike so many professionals. You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 10427, member: 1550"] I 100% agree that five minutes or even one hour of talking to parents and seeing a kid isn't enough to diagnose. We had really good luck with a neuropsychologist. He tested my son, in two hour increments, for twelve hours. He got a chance to test him on every level and to see how he responds when he's overwhelmed or too bored and to see how he deals with free time as well. He was the first one who got the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) that we had seen since he was a toddler. Three years later, and now off medications, my son is doing great. I don't think professionals take enough time with the kids. And they're all so specialized. A psychiatrist knows psychiatric disorders. That does not mean he knows one thing about high functioning autism. Ours didn't. He kept calling it bipolar, even though son didn't rage or have moodswings. Finally, we took the bull by the horns and dumped him, getting a new evaluation. Took us long enough!!!! I put a lot of stock in how much time and testing and observation of the child a professional bothers with. Although there is no magic blood test for any of this, testing can certainly pinpoint areas of weakness and strength that point to certain disorders. Thankfully, neuropsychologist didn't miss a trick and made no diagnosis until the very end, when all the testing was done. It didn't change who my son was, but it changed his treatment--the medications hit the trash and the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions kicked in. I can't even blather enough about how good all this has been for my son. Guess who diagnosed him right the first time, but kept being shouted down by "professionals?" Me and hub. We saw the autistic traits the day he moved into our house as a foster child. Amazing that the professionals passed it off as "ADHD/ODD" and bipolar. I mean, the kid echoed, banged his head, and didn't speak in sentences until he was five. Hello!!!! Son is very fluent now and can pass for typical. Sorry. This turned into a vent. I really dislike so many professionals. You have to kiss a lot of frogs to find a prince. [/QUOTE]
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