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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An ADOS that doesn't show ASD won't make the school believe a child doesn't have autism.  They like the ADOS because the test doesn't differentiate well between autism and other special needs.[b] Studies have shown it captures all the kids with autism,  and then many more who have other learning challenges. [/b]So they are playing the odds.[/quote]

Can you point us to these studies?[/quote]

here's one:

http://bestpracticeautism.blogspot.com/2012/01/best-practice-review-autism-diagnostic.html

A current study also investigated the diagnostic validity of the ADOS in a clinical sample (Molloy, Murray, Akers, Mitchell, & Manning-Courtney, 2011). ADOS classifications were compared to final diagnoses given to 584 children referred for evaluation for a possible ASD in a children’s medical center. [b]Sensitivities were moderate to high on the algorithms, while specificities were substantially lower than reported in the original ADOS validity sample.[/b] The authors concluded that the higher number of false positives was likely attributable to the composition of their clinical sample which included many children with a broad range of developmental and behavioral disorders[b]. The results of this study also suggest that clinical populations for which the ADOS is regularly used may be substantially different from the research samples on which it was normed. As a result, it is especially important that the ADOS not be used as a “stand-alone” assessment so as to minimize misclassification in clinical settings where there are children with many other developmental or behavioral disorders.[/b][/quote]

Step away from your cherry picking google skills.

One, this study was already cited in this link already posted:
http://www.pearsonclinical.co.uk/Psychology/ChildMentalHealth/ChildMentalHealth/ADOS-2/Resources/autism-diagnosis-evidence-update.pdf

See page 23.

Two, learn how to evaluate health information on the internet:
https://ods.od.nih.gov/Health_Information/How_To_Evaluate_Health_Information_on_the_Internet_Questions_and_Answers.aspx
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From the link: 
Accuracy of autism diagnostic tools
NICE CG128 s[b]tates: do not rely on any autism-specific diagnostic tool alone to diagnose
autism.[/b]
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No one is trying to diagnose autism.  Go back and get the ADOS added to the neuropsch that the op already did to get an appropriate iep.  Why is this so hard?[/quote]

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