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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 248991" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Stella, what I said above still goes. Your child is no different today with the diagnosis, than yesterday, without. As for a diagnosis of autism - once you realise that's the label, it can change how you manage it. Look up Tony Attwood and read what he's written on the topic, it should make you feel a bit more positive. There are a lot of very wrong, outdated ideas on autism, it's actually a much 'nicer' diagnosis than you could have been given, because although you get a lot of problems with it, it brings unexpected gifts and joys. Have hope - it WILL get better.</p><p></p><p>As for the doctors giving different labels - you will probably find the number of different differential diagnoses evaporate when you ask them to put it in writing. And it really doesn't matter if you get ten different letters from ten different specialists, each one giving a different diagosis. Because if the SD wants a label, they can have ten if thye want, any one of which should give them sufficient justification to apply for support. But when it all boils down, what you will get the support for, is the way your child presents and exactly what the specific issues are day to day, according to your own observations and those of the teachers.</p><p></p><p>So ask the doctors to put their thoughts into an official letter. You may find a lot more correlation, then.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 248991, member: 1991"] Stella, what I said above still goes. Your child is no different today with the diagnosis, than yesterday, without. As for a diagnosis of autism - once you realise that's the label, it can change how you manage it. Look up Tony Attwood and read what he's written on the topic, it should make you feel a bit more positive. There are a lot of very wrong, outdated ideas on autism, it's actually a much 'nicer' diagnosis than you could have been given, because although you get a lot of problems with it, it brings unexpected gifts and joys. Have hope - it WILL get better. As for the doctors giving different labels - you will probably find the number of different differential diagnoses evaporate when you ask them to put it in writing. And it really doesn't matter if you get ten different letters from ten different specialists, each one giving a different diagosis. Because if the SD wants a label, they can have ten if thye want, any one of which should give them sufficient justification to apply for support. But when it all boils down, what you will get the support for, is the way your child presents and exactly what the specific issues are day to day, according to your own observations and those of the teachers. So ask the doctors to put their thoughts into an official letter. You may find a lot more correlation, then. Marg [/QUOTE]
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