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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]^So they assume he is more severe than he actually is.  Yes, that would be irritating especially if he’s “lost” his diagnosis or was misdiagnosed in the first place. 
 
My son’s chief complaint with his diagnosis is when he doesn’t want to do the work, “I’m not as smart as everyone thinks I am.”  Ha. Tou’ve Been tested up the wazoo, you are more than capable.  So get to it!
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The problem is the diagnosis pops up automatically in the medical records so it is one of the first things along with medications a doctor sees so there are lots of assumptions till they talk to him.

Testing is great for that kind of stuff.  For us, that kind of testing was helpful to argue with the school who put my kid in the mixed SN class and he didn't belong there.  So, between private testing and their regular testing they couldn't argue to keep him there as he did extremely well (though I am not sure why he did standardized testing as the IEP they wrote, which we disagreed on, said no standardized tests but that's a different issue).

I wish insurances were mandated to provide services under developmental delays and not ASD until ages 6/7 for kids where it isn't very clear what is going on.  [/quote]

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