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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]My DS with ASD/ADHD is now a young adult. His pediatrician never picked up on the signs of autism,[/b] and we only sought a diagnosis on the recommendation of his preschool teacher who recognized his symptoms. Thank goodness for his teacher because early intervention is so beneficial.

I’m not sure what’s going on in med schools these days, but it seems doctors are missing out on important training.

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This our pediatrician missed all the signs even whenI pointed them out.  I was too new at mothering to know that what my kids needed was a developmental pediatrician, although we did see one recommended by our regular pediatrician but she "assessed" DS in less than 45 minutes and took five months to write a report that said nothing.

So what I've learned is that regular pediatricians aren't good at this and that if you have concerns you need to have a full neuro-psych done.  I had it done on my daughter five times (this was about 15 years ago when testing wasn't as good as it is today) and it was only on the fifth time, just before entering high school that the cormorbiity of Aspergers/ASD, was added to "perhaps ADHD or executive function" and "perhaps anxiety disorder".  DS was similar but less testing because we figured out the system.  Do yourself a favor and take your child to a great developmental pediatrician.  If they have concerns they should refer you to an excellent tester.  The test should span over three days (not consecutive).  By running many tests you will get back all (hopefully) of the cormorbidities which in my kids' cases included extremely high I.Q.s, gradations of ADHD, Anxiety for both (still true to this day) and, unfortunately, autism for one child.[/quote]

If it took 5 evaluations (short or long) to diagnose autism, then it may not be debilitating diagnosis for your DC.

Three non-consecutive days is not a reasonable or necessary form of testing.  Listen to the experts.[/quote]

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