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Well it's not Asperger's - I guess it's ODD afterall!
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<blockquote data-quote="whatamess" data-source="post: 549731" data-attributes="member: 7664"><p>Buddy took the words out of my mouth... any practitioner worth their salt will use the ADOS and other diagnostic tools ALONG with their expertise on how Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) presents. And that may be it right there- so many 'experts' know very stereotypical symptoms to indicate Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s and are not aware of how large this spectrum is and how different kids present. For an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) disorder you have three main diagnostic criteria related to: 1. communication (expressive/receptive) 2. social deficits 3. restricted/repetitive interests. Listen, I just attended a camp for families with a child on the spectrum. 17 families. Each child unique. Austism presented itself in all myriad of ways. Verbal, non-verbal, partially verbal, using communication devices, talking with peers but about repetitive and obssesive topics, ambulatory, partially ambulatory, stimming with words, stimming with their bodies, stimming with books, some said and did things that were provocative, some swore, some smiled all day, some could read, some could not, some paced, some twirled, some ate everything, some ate only toast, some danced, some hid, BUT they were all unequivocably on the Autism Spectrum.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="whatamess, post: 549731, member: 7664"] Buddy took the words out of my mouth... any practitioner worth their salt will use the ADOS and other diagnostic tools ALONG with their expertise on how Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) presents. And that may be it right there- so many 'experts' know very stereotypical symptoms to indicate Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s and are not aware of how large this spectrum is and how different kids present. For an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) disorder you have three main diagnostic criteria related to: 1. communication (expressive/receptive) 2. social deficits 3. restricted/repetitive interests. Listen, I just attended a camp for families with a child on the spectrum. 17 families. Each child unique. Austism presented itself in all myriad of ways. Verbal, non-verbal, partially verbal, using communication devices, talking with peers but about repetitive and obssesive topics, ambulatory, partially ambulatory, stimming with words, stimming with their bodies, stimming with books, some said and did things that were provocative, some swore, some smiled all day, some could read, some could not, some paced, some twirled, some ate everything, some ate only toast, some danced, some hid, BUT they were all unequivocably on the Autism Spectrum. [/QUOTE]
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