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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 168859" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Shari, I feel for you. We saw our real difficult child too and he was on the Spectrum, but he would always "do well" in front of professionals and we couldn't get the diagnosis. All I can advise is to go for a neuropsychologist evaluation. The Dev. Pediatrician wouldn't diagnose it for my kid either, although he was really such a classic case. They insisted on ADHD and then bipolar. Poor kid spent years on medications that didn't help him and that he didn't need. Fortunately, we did fight the school for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions by using "He has Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)" "He has poor social skills" and "he has poor fine motor" which was obvious for them to pick up. We had to call our State Dept. of Public Education, but he did get services and the help. When he finally was taken to a neuropsychologist at age 11 and had ten hours of testing and got the diagnosis., he'd already been in interentions since he was really young. Now that he's almost fifteen, it is even more obvious that he has a high functioning form of autism. He is doing SO WELL though. I really hope that you keep going with your gut, and pushing the schools. And don't give up on the evaluation. If it doesn't feel right to you, in my opinion don't accept it. We never really did accept it, but my son was still put on at least ten medications. He's been off medications for almost four years now and is extremely stable. Obviously the bipolar diagnosis. was way wrong. Also, rather than acting so hyper that he's hanging from the chandelier, my son is now really a couch potato and we have to force him to leave the house. He is the opposite of hyper, although he was very hyper as a young 'un, a common trait on the spectrum. He also is no longer so frustrated that he lashes out. Truly, he's a good kid with some quirks, but clearly a very easy teenager. I feel for ya. Keep pushing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 168859, member: 1550"] Shari, I feel for you. We saw our real difficult child too and he was on the Spectrum, but he would always "do well" in front of professionals and we couldn't get the diagnosis. All I can advise is to go for a neuropsychologist evaluation. The Dev. Pediatrician wouldn't diagnose it for my kid either, although he was really such a classic case. They insisted on ADHD and then bipolar. Poor kid spent years on medications that didn't help him and that he didn't need. Fortunately, we did fight the school for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions by using "He has Sensory Integration Disorder (SID)" "He has poor social skills" and "he has poor fine motor" which was obvious for them to pick up. We had to call our State Dept. of Public Education, but he did get services and the help. When he finally was taken to a neuropsychologist at age 11 and had ten hours of testing and got the diagnosis., he'd already been in interentions since he was really young. Now that he's almost fifteen, it is even more obvious that he has a high functioning form of autism. He is doing SO WELL though. I really hope that you keep going with your gut, and pushing the schools. And don't give up on the evaluation. If it doesn't feel right to you, in my opinion don't accept it. We never really did accept it, but my son was still put on at least ten medications. He's been off medications for almost four years now and is extremely stable. Obviously the bipolar diagnosis. was way wrong. Also, rather than acting so hyper that he's hanging from the chandelier, my son is now really a couch potato and we have to force him to leave the house. He is the opposite of hyper, although he was very hyper as a young 'un, a common trait on the spectrum. He also is no longer so frustrated that he lashes out. Truly, he's a good kid with some quirks, but clearly a very easy teenager. I feel for ya. Keep pushing. [/QUOTE]
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