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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your kid is in good company. Nothing says “I qualify for a diagnosis” more than being unable to sit through the diagnostic test.

Our first neuropsych my kid ran out of the room every few minutes, hid under a table in protest, debated why an answer was incorrect going down the literal thinking path, and disqualified parts of the test because they didn’t wait for directions.

I think the most telling response was when Dr. showed a picture of an obviously sad and scared child and kid was asked to identify the emotion. “How am i supposed to know how a picture is feeling. I don’t even know what I feel and I’m a human and not a drawing.”

Dr. Used that info as part of the diagnosis and it’s noted all through the report. [/quote]

Sounds like a kid who just should have gotten the ADOS. [/quote]

ADOS would not assess if this kid was also experiencing anxiety and/or inattention, either of which might also be more manageable with medication in addition to the traditional considerations of accommodations or special instruction.  Plus, inability to identify a feeling and communicate it can be a language issue instead of autism. [/quote]

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