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For any child or teen who "might be on the spectrum or have a disability [b]which might [/b] impact ability to be employed at the level of a job or keep a job with benefits like health care, I would suggest that you get the appropriate evaluation done for a couple of reasons.  Short-term depending on what shows up, you would have the private testing results to deal with the school division in requesting a 504 Plan or perhaps an IEP which may involve their evaluation process, too.  Then, as one Mom correctly noted you will likely need to have future testing done if results are no longer considered current by colleges to request disability support services.

For the possible long term, it is wise to get the disability identified and the date of onset for a developmental disability so that if later on in life an adult may not be able to maintain or job and health insurance, one will have the documentation to qualify for adult benefits such as possible: SSI,  SSDI on a parents work record, Medicaid Health Insurance and/or a Medicaid Waiver.  View the testing as an insurance policy for future supports.  [b]Of course, it is very hard to say what will even be in place in five or ten years in terms of any and all of these programs, but at this point in time, this is the way I would proceed if there is an unknown of future need.[/b][/quote]

THIS x1000. [/quote]

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