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[quote=Anonymous]1.  Your child is not too young to be diagnosed with Asperger's/ASD.  If I were you, I would get in contact with a developmental pediatrician now for a medical diagnosis.  We use Dr. Dan Shapiro who only takes new patients age 4 and younger.  Get in contact with him now.  His practice is usually closed to new patients but be persistent - he regularly opens the practice.  Dr. Dan is the best but does not take insurance.  He is my DS's doctor and I cannot recommend him enough.

2.  A developmental pediatrician can recommend an SLP and OT.  We had our son evaluated by his public school for OT, SL, and PT in preK4 and received services through the school.  Speech is a social skills class and SLP observation to consult with teachers weekly.  We started and stopped private OT since the school OT addressed all DS's issues.

For my DS with AS, school services and supports via IEP has been great.  We don't do private services although at one time we did private play based therapy where the therapist comes to our house and OT.  My son's main issues were that he would not engage with classmates and fine/gross motor issues.

We used a educational consultant from the beginning of the IEP process and Dr. Dan also attended the first few IEP meetings.  They were very helpful as was the school.

Having a good IEP once your son starts school is key.  After a yr of services/IEP, my son's main issues in K are: he does not raise his hand enough and that he is slow to unpack in the morning and slow to pack up his stuff in the evening.  Good luck![/quote]

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