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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 442850" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>I think the distinction that she's making is likely in the area of severity or presence/absence of particular traits listed in the criteria. I would interpret that to mean he technically doesn't meet the diagnostic criteria to get a diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), but that his social skills especially are along the lines of Asperger's. There is an upper end of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum which I call "spectrumy", kids with traits but who for some reason don't meet the criteria for a full diagnosis. Perhaps it's a matter of severity or maybe they're not displaying one or two of the criteria. Oftentimes when a kiddo is on the fence doctor's don't give the diagnosis provided the child can get help as the prognosis is pretty good for a spectrumy child, given the right support.</p><p></p><p>If he has social skill deficits and/or other issues, the district should address them, regardless of the diagnosis. Did the diagnostician include recommendations for services? </p><p></p><p>I usually encourage parents to not sign the authorization for the doctor to send the report to the school district until they've reviewed them and can work out any potential problems of disagreements with the doctor before the school has access to the report.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 442850, member: 701"] I think the distinction that she's making is likely in the area of severity or presence/absence of particular traits listed in the criteria. I would interpret that to mean he technically doesn't meet the diagnostic criteria to get a diagnosis of Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), but that his social skills especially are along the lines of Asperger's. There is an upper end of the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) spectrum which I call "spectrumy", kids with traits but who for some reason don't meet the criteria for a full diagnosis. Perhaps it's a matter of severity or maybe they're not displaying one or two of the criteria. Oftentimes when a kiddo is on the fence doctor's don't give the diagnosis provided the child can get help as the prognosis is pretty good for a spectrumy child, given the right support. If he has social skill deficits and/or other issues, the district should address them, regardless of the diagnosis. Did the diagnostician include recommendations for services? I usually encourage parents to not sign the authorization for the doctor to send the report to the school district until they've reviewed them and can work out any potential problems of disagreements with the doctor before the school has access to the report. [/QUOTE]
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