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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it probably doesn’t matter, as a practical matter, if she has ASD or not. So I would wait to reassess until she’s a little older. You may never get a definitive answer or unanimous agreement. But some of the things you mention as counter-evidence, like being social and affectionate, are common in children with ASD, so you also may have a skewed sense of what the current diagnostic criteria are. [/quote]

Of course a correct diagnosis matters.  Nobody has unlimited time and money for therapies; so OP needs to focus on what is actually needed, which is informed by the diagnosis.  Also, kids with ASD are not "social and affectionate' in the same way NT kids are.  Social deficits are core ASD deficits.  You can't get an ASD diagnosis without serious impairment in that area.  So, if OP is observing that her child has similar social skills as her twin, then that's pretty important evidence to consider.  [/quote]

If the ASD diagnosis led to the current set of therapies, and they've worked as well as OP describes, then there shouldn't a rush to reopen the question of diagnosis.  If intervention wasn't working, that would be a totally different matter.

OP, you're going to want more testing to help you make decisions down the road.  I'd wait until there's a decision that needs to be made (e.g. she no longer responds well to the current therapies and you need direction about what to try, or you're trying to make a decision about school placement) before going through the process of getting another opinion.  The older she is when you do the testing the more accurate it will be, so I wouldn't rush.[/quote]

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