Reply to thread

Oh, forgot to answer the rest of the questions.


Yes, it is in DSM.  It is a "rule out" diagnosis, which means it takes a multi-disciplinary team to cover all the bases.  You can't have Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). But you also can't have medical conditions that would explain the coordination problems - cerebral palsy, for example. There's a whole list of things. The dxes I am aware of, have been given by a psychiatrist, or by a developmental pediatrician.


We found out about it from the psychologist who did one of the rounds of testing... sent us to the CanChild website to see if it "might fit".


In these parts, Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) gets over-diagnosed, because the combination of various pieces (ADHD, Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), LDs, Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)...) sort of adds up to "almost" Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), and as most medical professionals don't know about this diagnosis, they go with what they know...   Unfortunately, there are more resources for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids than for the other dxes, but... these are not always the right resources, so we just do what we can.


Top