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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. I have repeatedly asked specific questions on this forum where i prefaced by saying both a developmental pediatrician evaluation, psychologist evaluation and full neuropsych evaluation all ruled out autism.  The questions were NOT looking for a diagnosis -- they were things like "tell me about what anxiety looks like with ADHD" or "how long before your kid returns to baseline after coming off adhd meds' and i described things I was seeing with my kid.  I STILL had posters tell me I needed to get another evaluation because my kid clearly has autism.

I cannot believe the "seek an autism diagnosis" person is STILL defending themselves despite a ton of parents AND the forum moderator telling them that position is not welcome here.  [/quote]

to be clear, Jeff never said “get evaluated for autism” is unacceptable here. that would be absurd. what he said (and I agree with) is not to diagnosis-lawyer, be aggressive, or repetitive about it.  Posters that make clear that autism is off the table should be respected. But many, many people post here before they know what’s going on, and it’s perfectly acceptable to talk about autism in that context ... and inapproriate to respond in a derailing manner about how “everything is autism” and “autism is diagnosed by checklist.” Or eyeroll emojis. [/quote]

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