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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For us it was the path recommended to us to get an autism diagnosis at age 4 for a very verbal and socially motivated girl. We did not expect her to get the diagnosis, and it's been really helpful for us to understand her and put in the time and money into private supports.[/quote]

Do you feel like your understanding and support (I assume via therapists?) would not have been as helpful without the diagnosis? Who was first recommending the diagnosis at 4?[/quote]

DP. I have a kid who started services at 4 and got the autism dx at 6. we’ve had two neuropsychs along the way and neither has been that useful - certainly not useful enough to spend money on that could go to therapy. The autism dx has not been useful either except to get the IEP. ALL of the useful therapy/interventions we have gotten have not at all turned on the diagnosis but instead have targeted the visible challenges. The fact is that if your kid is verbal and high IQ, there are not actually any evidence-based therapies that are so specific to autism that you need a dx. If anything the dx has been a barrier because people assume things about him that are not true. [/quote]

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