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[quote=Anonymous]What criteria did your child have to meet to qualify for the study?

My own DD had lots of "red flags" when she was 1 and 2.  However, as her language has come in and as she has matured, they have dropped off and now at age 3, a dev ped has been able to determine that autism is not her issue at this point.

I took DD to see a dev ped at 20 months, 28 months, and 36 months.  The first two visits the dev ped speculated that it was a language issue and not autism but said it was too soon to tell, and the third visit the dev ped was willing to rule out autism except for the highest functioning kind, which is still not suspected.  When people see her now for the first time, they think I'm nuts when I tell them we were worried about autism with her.

I do not regret taking her to see a dev ped, but when she was 1 and 2, we didn't get as valuable information as we did when she was 3.  It was just too soon to really figure out what was or wasn't going on with her.  And I still think we have a quite few years to go until we get the full picture of her issues -- adhd?  language disorder?  auditory processing?  other?

We are in fcps, and the non-cat preschool program has been FANTASTIC for my daughter's development.  I cannot say enough good things about the program.  A child with enough delays can attend starting the Sept. after he/she turns 2.  
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