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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]

I am pretty sure we would have stopped OT and her slp led social skills class without the diagnosis. It was helpful for us because we didn't fully understand her issues. She is our only child and was doing great in preschool at the time.

She has a history of severe anxiety starting around age 2 and we did a exposure therapy to treat it which helped a ton. As she was getting better but still having some challenges we started OT and social skills thinking it would help with the anxiety.

The therapists we worked with on exposures expressed concerns about autism and that led to the neuropsych. At the time we got the diagnosis her preschool teachers were basically saying she was doing great, so we had been thinking about stopping the OT and social skills. But knowing the diagnosis helped us to understand that her social deficits meant her brain works differently than other kids so she needs extra help on that.

I can only speak to our specific experience and can totally see how a neuropsych might not be helpful. We technically didn't change anything significantly as a result of the diagnosis, we just kept doing what we were already doing (but would have stopped without the diagnosis).[/quote]

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