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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 57845" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I'd like to welcome you. There are many forms of autism, and some look like ADHD. 20% of all kids with autistic siblings have it too. Although you like your pediatrician, I'd take your daughter to a neuropsychologist. It is hard to diagnose the higher functioning autism (Aspergers/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified) and pediatrician. could easily miss it. My son was missed over and over again. NeuroPsychs do intensive testing, they don't just listen to symptoms and watch the kid for five minutes. My son was tested for twelve hours. I would want to have a complete evaluation before I "went there" with medications. My son was on every ADHD medication in existence and it only made him aggressive. I'm not saying that shse has Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but it's always good to be safe rather than sorry. My son wasn't diagnosed correctly until age 11, and is doing great now that he has been and is getting the right interventions and supports from school. He does not need medications, although he was on ten of them due to wrong diagnosis!!!! Good luck!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 57845, member: 1550"] I'd like to welcome you. There are many forms of autism, and some look like ADHD. 20% of all kids with autistic siblings have it too. Although you like your pediatrician, I'd take your daughter to a neuropsychologist. It is hard to diagnose the higher functioning autism (Aspergers/Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified) and pediatrician. could easily miss it. My son was missed over and over again. NeuroPsychs do intensive testing, they don't just listen to symptoms and watch the kid for five minutes. My son was tested for twelve hours. I would want to have a complete evaluation before I "went there" with medications. My son was on every ADHD medication in existence and it only made him aggressive. I'm not saying that shse has Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), but it's always good to be safe rather than sorry. My son wasn't diagnosed correctly until age 11, and is doing great now that he has been and is getting the right interventions and supports from school. He does not need medications, although he was on ten of them due to wrong diagnosis!!!! Good luck! [/QUOTE]
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