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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s autism and no, OT won’t help. OT is for motor skills. It may also help for specific sensory aversion issues. What actually will help (regardless of dx) is a clear positive discipline plan to extinguish disruptive behavior caused by emotional dysregulation (like hitting). If the problem is rigidity in school triggering meltdowns then may need an inclusion classroom or a smaller school. [/quote]

Is there enough info from OP to make you so definitive and your 'autism' suggestion?[/quote]

It’s not really tough to see unless you fall into that weird “adhd actually is defined by social skills deficits” things.

Social skills deficits - check 
Sensory issues - check
Emotional regulation issues (ie rigidity) - check. 
Clinically significant impairment - check

literally checks all the DSM boxes. [/quote]

<sigh> DP.  There are so many disorders that, using your criteria, a DC could be diagnosed with that I couldn't list them here.  My DS, now 18 checks all those boxes but has never met the criteria for ASD.  He outgrew the MERLD diagnosis. Now, it's just ADHD/anxiety.  His first comprehensive evaluation was at age 2.4 for an NIH research study for ASD and Other Developmental Delays. He didn't meet the criteria for ASD but did for Developmental Delays.  He was, again, evaluated at 3.1 and still didn't meet the criteria for ASD.  He had a neuropsych (took 2 days) at age 6 by a noted developmental pediatrician and did not meet the criteria for ASD.  At age 10, he had another neuropsych done by Stixrud and still did not meet the criteria for ASD.  By the time he was a teenager, no one ever brought up ASD again. He's definitely not NT but definitely not on the AS even though some of his behaviors overlap with those displayed by people with ASD.  Believe you me, when you've got a kid with challenges like his, you're not avoiding or afraid of an ASD diagnosis. [/quote]

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