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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 205901" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Asperger's kids have extremely good verbal skills. Often they tend to sound like "Little Professors." They do not do well with give-and-take conversations and tend to monologue about their interests (which they are extremely informed about), and they have social problems. The older they get, the worse the social problems become if they are not addressed.</p><p> There is no way to diagnose autism or lack of it over the phone. None. I would find a neuropsychologist (they are in children's and univeristy hospitals) who CAN see your child. Anxiety is such a huge part of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Without the testing, you won't know what your child has. Rather than a behaviorist who worked at an autism clinic (this is still not an expert) or somebody who claims to be an autism expert (exactly what credentials make this man an autism expert?), I'd go with the neuropsychologist. You can't help your child if you aren't really sure what is wrong. There must be a neuropsychologist in your insurance plan. I'd do it that way. Good luck <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 205901, member: 1550"] Asperger's kids have extremely good verbal skills. Often they tend to sound like "Little Professors." They do not do well with give-and-take conversations and tend to monologue about their interests (which they are extremely informed about), and they have social problems. The older they get, the worse the social problems become if they are not addressed. There is no way to diagnose autism or lack of it over the phone. None. I would find a neuropsychologist (they are in children's and univeristy hospitals) who CAN see your child. Anxiety is such a huge part of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Without the testing, you won't know what your child has. Rather than a behaviorist who worked at an autism clinic (this is still not an expert) or somebody who claims to be an autism expert (exactly what credentials make this man an autism expert?), I'd go with the neuropsychologist. You can't help your child if you aren't really sure what is wrong. There must be a neuropsychologist in your insurance plan. I'd do it that way. Good luck :) [/QUOTE]
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