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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Exactly. Same with me. ASD becomes the answer for everything, and you can't get answers to other things you want/need to know.

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1 in 86 kids is diagnosed with autism. Many, many people will post here early in that journey before they know what’s going on. They need to be supported with accurate information. [/quote]

Most of the people I see here posting early in their journey are seeking help, seeing specialists, etc . . . If an ASD diagnosis is right it will come up in that context.  It doesn't need to be pushed here. I have a kid who has symptoms of autism, but actually has other issues.  In our case there is no doubt that the issue isn't ASD, and what it is isn't "better", it's just a more accurate description of his issues. And sometimes the fact that it's different doesn't matter, because if the symptoms are the the same, the response is the same, and sometimes it absolutely does matter.  But I feel like I can't ask a question or make a comment about my kid without providing either a whole bunch of information, which added with other information I've shared here could be identifying, or dealing with being told that it's probably autism and I'm probably in denial.  [/quote]

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