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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yup, OP, I am totally with you.  Wish we could get the Aspergers diagnosis back - give it a new name if you must!

We have a kid without an ASD diagnosis.  But outwardly seems super Aspergers.  The whole thing is just so useless now.

Even if we got an ASD diagnosis, I don't understand how that is useful at all - to provide that information to teachers or friends. Because ASD is so meaninglessly broad.

I also recognize the absurd focus on diagnosing basically 1 out of every 10 boys as ASD - essentially, every quicky, socially challenged, math loving boy, of which there's one in every class - is incredibly distracting to real issue of what we think of as traditional autism. Those are the kids who need tremendous help and resources, and research.

I also hate that we've pathologized boys being socially quirky and into math.  Why does that require a diagnosis?? Why isn't that just a personality type? (which incidentally, is the "diagnosis" DS got after a neuropsych. She said sometimes it's okay to just label his social oddities as personality, when they don't otherwise meet the full ASD diagnosis).  [/quote]

Op - right - or mine who is not like that at all, but overreacts to things and is just super not easy going. But personality wise when not emotional or oppositional just seems like a nt kid [/quote]

Mine is the flip side of that! extremely easy going, never overreacts to anything but when you're having a convo with him, he seems very "not NT".  The less specialized someone's expertise is, the MORE they think my kids is ASD (other parents, teachers do; one counselor thought he likely was.  But developmental pediatrician did not, neuropsych did not, school speech therapist does not, psychologist does not.....).  I know if I sought 3 more neuropsych evals, and if I answered the parental survey 'just so', I could get him a ASD diagnosis.  But I genuinely don't know if that's accurate for him. And I think the only reason I'd be getting it is to be able to post questions on DCUM or start teacher convos by saying "DS has adhd AND autism....."

Point is, all of this is so stupid.

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