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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 571597" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>If you're pushing testing anyway... how about a third one?</p><p>I notice one of your daughter's dxes is ADHD... and... well... </p><p></p><p>ADHD is a really interesting diagnosis. There really are some people who are ADHD - period. Nothing else. Like my K2.</p><p>But...</p><p>1) ADHD usually goes with other stuff, such as:</p><p>- half the kids with ADHD have Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) (developmental coordination disorder)</p><p>- a large portion have LDs</p><p>- something like 70% of kids with ADHD + a Learning Disability (LD), have an Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)</p><p></p><p>2) An ADHD diagnosis may be incorrect. We're told that APDs (especially auditory figure ground) can "look like" ADHD. Many Aspie kids start with an ADHD diagnosis. Other dxes can also start with ADHD.</p><p></p><p>So... one way or another, the chances are stacked that evaluations will reveal "something else".</p><p></p><p>Screening for APDs - for the complete set (I believe there are 4 or 5) - may be useful.</p><p>Here, it starts with Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), then goes to advanced audiologist (not the kind that work in hearing-testing centers... this is a specific specialty).</p><p>No medications - just interventions and accommodations. But even just KNOWING that he was right all along made the diagnosis worth the hassle of tracking down testing. School also kicked in with technology assistance (personal fm system).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 571597, member: 11791"] If you're pushing testing anyway... how about a third one? I notice one of your daughter's dxes is ADHD... and... well... ADHD is a really interesting diagnosis. There really are some people who are ADHD - period. Nothing else. Like my K2. But... 1) ADHD usually goes with other stuff, such as: - half the kids with ADHD have Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) (developmental coordination disorder) - a large portion have LDs - something like 70% of kids with ADHD + a Learning Disability (LD), have an Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) 2) An ADHD diagnosis may be incorrect. We're told that APDs (especially auditory figure ground) can "look like" ADHD. Many Aspie kids start with an ADHD diagnosis. Other dxes can also start with ADHD. So... one way or another, the chances are stacked that evaluations will reveal "something else". Screening for APDs - for the complete set (I believe there are 4 or 5) - may be useful. Here, it starts with Speech Language Pathologist (SLP), then goes to advanced audiologist (not the kind that work in hearing-testing centers... this is a specific specialty). No medications - just interventions and accommodations. But even just KNOWING that he was right all along made the diagnosis worth the hassle of tracking down testing. School also kicked in with technology assistance (personal fm system). [/QUOTE]
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