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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
I'm curious...what made you get a second opinion?  Your situation is interesting to me because my son was dxed with ASD just after he turned 2...and was said to be mild....I think mostly because he doesn't exhibit many of the classic autism behaviors.  He is VERY smiley with both my husband and I, as well as others....doesn't exhibit repetitive behaviors like lining up objects etc.  He is not what I'd call a social butterfly, but he tolerates a traditional daycare with many children in his class.  He is extremely hyper...and we've always wondered about the ADHD component.
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OP here.  Thanks to all for your very helpful feedback.

Re this question, we got a second opinion because we felt the same way the doctor at KK felt after evaluating our DD -- she did not have restrictive/repetative interests and she was actually fairly social, gave good eye contact, likes to be around people, seems to want to engage (though for the longest time, didn't see to know how), etc.  Sounds a lot like your child.

Someone else asked why we got the initial diagnosis so young.  We actually initially had some testing done when she was about 22 months old and not really talking.  She did have some speech/language delays but said she had "no red flags for autism."  We breathed easy, and eventually she did start talking, but at age 29 months, after enrolling her in preschool a month or two prior, the school came to us with their concerns, she was not engaging socially.  We agree, her initial diagnosis was way off, we knew from the start it was not "moderate to severe" autism -- that said, ADHD and ASD can apparently look very similar, especially under age 3.  That's another reason to re-diagnose if you're concerned (though note if he's getting the services he needs now, maybe it's not worth getting a re-evaluation -- though to us, the peace of mind has been very very much worth it).[/quote]

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