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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]KKI also diagnosed my DC with ADHD, not autism.

She has autism.

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I am sorry to hear that.  Would you mind filling in more details, when and at what age was the ADHD diagnosis, did it feel wrong at the time or was there a later shift/regression, how/when did DC get the diagnosis changed to ASD?  [/quote]

^ I'm the OP of this response (not of the original post). First CNMC diagnosis at age 6 was wrong. I then took her to KKI for a second opinion, which first brought up ADHD. The neuropsych there (actually might have been an MD) caught the ADHD and said a lot of ADHD looks like ASD, but she didn't see ASD. ADHD absolutely fits my kid, but it didn't address our other concerns. t returned to CNMC a few months later and asked for a reevaluation with another neuropsych, and she was very clearly ASD (in addition to ADHD). The misdiagnosis was a combination of an incompetent neuropsych, who had left by the time we went back, and the fact that she was just on the cusp of the two age group tests and originally was tested for the younger age. The girl thing also didn't help either. But she is clearly, unequivocally HF ASD, as well as ADHD. It would be easier if she weren't ASD, but she is, and I was very grateful for the diagnosis after two misfires.

Until this year the ADHD played a bigger role in her day-to-day (IEP), but now some of her ASD characteristics are creeping into her schoolwork. We address both issues with therapy and meds.[/quote]

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