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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 538288" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>There are some kids with too many different puzzles going on at the same time... our difficult child is one of them. What this means is that any one symptom "could" be part of diagnosis A or diagnosis B, but you really don't know... and in the long run, he may be an "all of the above".</p><p></p><p>For example... Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is one of the frequently-flagged dxes when social problems come into play. But... Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) kids, especially if they also have the immaturity that goes with things like ADHD, can show a lot of the same signs. Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) can really mess with communication... which really messes with socialization.</p><p></p><p>Assuming the same alphabet soup for two theoretical kids here... social problems, communication problems, coordination challenges, some sensory processing disorder (SPD), and symptoms of ADHD, Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)... One kid (A) will be Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) with particular problem areas, and another kid (B) will NOT be on the spectrum, but will have more serious challenges in each of these other areas. I've known B kids who were diagnosed as A and it didn't fit... and A kids who were diagnosed as B, and it didn't fit either.</p><p></p><p><em>And there is no way to know which one YOUR kid is until you get to the end of the journey... </em></p><p></p><p>It really IS tough to have to "hang on for the ride" and not know where you're going.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 538288, member: 11791"] There are some kids with too many different puzzles going on at the same time... our difficult child is one of them. What this means is that any one symptom "could" be part of diagnosis A or diagnosis B, but you really don't know... and in the long run, he may be an "all of the above". For example... Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) is one of the frequently-flagged dxes when social problems come into play. But... Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) kids, especially if they also have the immaturity that goes with things like ADHD, can show a lot of the same signs. Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) can really mess with communication... which really messes with socialization. Assuming the same alphabet soup for two theoretical kids here... social problems, communication problems, coordination challenges, some sensory processing disorder (SPD), and symptoms of ADHD, Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)... One kid (A) will be Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) with particular problem areas, and another kid (B) will NOT be on the spectrum, but will have more serious challenges in each of these other areas. I've known B kids who were diagnosed as A and it didn't fit... and A kids who were diagnosed as B, and it didn't fit either. [I]And there is no way to know which one YOUR kid is until you get to the end of the journey... [/I] It really IS tough to have to "hang on for the ride" and not know where you're going. [/QUOTE]
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