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[quote=Anonymous]I have a 4 year old boy that has apraxia of speech, and a new autism diagnosis (by developmental pediatrician & also through ADOS test). He has been doing speech therapies through public & private to work on his speech, and the new autism diagnosis is kind of thrown me off. I always know that he has some social delay, but I thought that it is mainly due to his language delay. His pediatrician/daycare teachers(teach him for 1 year)/speech therapist through public & private/family members & friends are all surprised with his new diagnosis because he is so happy, social & interactive. Anyways, now I am confused if he truly has apraxia of speech or not, or his speech delay due to his autism spectrum. And, even the ADOS test doctors tell me that he has a lot of good qualities that hide his autism symptoms, and that is why a lot of people don't think that he is on the spectrum. They say it is difficult to say if he has mild or moderate autism, and he is recommended ABA therapies.

Please tell me something about ABA therapies since it is all new to me. And with autism diagnosis, anyone has experiences if insurance will cover it or not? And, I also want to understand what does that mean he has a lot of good qualities that hide his current autism symptoms, does that mean he will outgrow it or if I don't do anything, the symptoms will show up more obviously when he gets older?

Thank you![/quote]

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