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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 587995" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Sounds Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to me. I was probably one of those who said so...lol. OMG...DON'T GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT!!! Please, don't!</p><p></p><p>I always prefer a private neuropsychologist. He sounds pretty autistic, not just a little bit. He is high functioning, but he sounds pretty typical. He needs the diagnosis to get help, especially in school, and, at least for us, the school offered Occupational Therapist (OT) and PT and social skills training and special education where he needed it. He had a speech delay too and banged his head and scratched himself, but he was sort of over doing that by about five. But he was also getting a lot of help.</p><p></p><p> We had trouble getting a diagnois too, but we knew a lot about autism so we made the school give him Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) supports, even without the diagnosis. He didn't see a neuropsychologist until he was 11. I had never heard of them. That's when he was finally diagnosed.</p><p></p><p>I am sure your son can get tons of help and soar as well. I'd do the neuropsychologist though. Whoever else you see, I would not leave out the neuropsychologist. If the autism specialist isn't a neuropsychologist, I wouldn't go there. Professionals who say that they specialize in, say, ADHD see ADHD in most behaviors. I think it's better to see somebody who is not biased toward any diagnosis. I mean, we could be wrong and he could have something else. </p><p></p><p>Hugs. You're on the right trail.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 587995, member: 1550"] Sounds Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) to me. I was probably one of those who said so...lol. OMG...DON'T GO THROUGH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT!!! Please, don't! I always prefer a private neuropsychologist. He sounds pretty autistic, not just a little bit. He is high functioning, but he sounds pretty typical. He needs the diagnosis to get help, especially in school, and, at least for us, the school offered Occupational Therapist (OT) and PT and social skills training and special education where he needed it. He had a speech delay too and banged his head and scratched himself, but he was sort of over doing that by about five. But he was also getting a lot of help. We had trouble getting a diagnois too, but we knew a lot about autism so we made the school give him Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) supports, even without the diagnosis. He didn't see a neuropsychologist until he was 11. I had never heard of them. That's when he was finally diagnosed. I am sure your son can get tons of help and soar as well. I'd do the neuropsychologist though. Whoever else you see, I would not leave out the neuropsychologist. If the autism specialist isn't a neuropsychologist, I wouldn't go there. Professionals who say that they specialize in, say, ADHD see ADHD in most behaviors. I think it's better to see somebody who is not biased toward any diagnosis. I mean, we could be wrong and he could have something else. Hugs. You're on the right trail. [/QUOTE]
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