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[quote=Anonymous]Just recently found out that my son is likely autistic, but his dev ped decided to hold off on the diagnosis until we schedule a neuropsych exam.  DS passed two intelligence tests during his exam with the dev ped, but demonstrated some repetitive behaviors. We also talked about issues such as weak or inconsistent eye contact, low muscular tone, his shyness with adults (including people like his teacher and preschool director), and lack of emotional reciprocity with some relatives. The doctor emphasized that he's high-functioning and said several times that he's a very smart kid.  DS has done well in his preschool class this year -- follows directions, participates in activities, plays with other kids (but still not very social), talks in class (although most think he's just very shy), is good at self care (i.e. toileting), rides his bike with training wheels, etc. He's also overcome some shyness and now greets people when we ask him to do it.

I'm sharing all this to ask, what should be our next steps? We don't have a neuropsych eval scheduled yet, and we don't know how long it'll be to get that appointment. If we have three to six months until we get that appointment (just speculating), what should we do in the meantime? Dr recommended play dates with other kids and 1 on 1 play with parents, but didn't recommend ABA or other formal therapies yet.  What would parents in our situation do? Should we hang tight on until we get an actual diagnosis? Or try to schedule some sort of therapy for him even though he hasn't been formally diagnosed yet?

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