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[quote=Anonymous]I agree with everyone else saying to get in contact with your local child find program. You can sometimes find them on the county website. The duration and intensity + the fact they occur on a regular basis are concerning. Frankly, the pediatrician should have recommended this rather than an OT consult. They should have provided information on local resources and programs for you to look into. We often place our trust in these pediatricians that they are experienced and will be able to help guide us as new/inexperienced parents but they are not subject matter experts on the DSM and are often just as clueless as us. We need to listen to our gut when it tells us something isn't quite right because it's usually correct. I say this as someone whose former pediatrician told us to "buy a helmet because it's normal for some kids" after we raised concerns about headbanging at age 2.5. Guess what, based on old assumptions they made about what autism looked like and our ignorance on how to proceed, our kid wasn't diagnosed with autism until age 6. Not saying your child has autism just saying keep trusting your gut and look at the local resources for help. They can and will do evaluations to help you and your child. The sooner the better.[/quote]

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