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[quote=Anonymous]Agree what a child does or doesn't do at 2 is not the full factor.  Some ASD kids are on target and regress or still have a mild case.  Some language kids have all the features but as the speech comes in, they lose those features.  I'd be careful with the sensory label.  Everyone is throwing it around and its an OT thing to justify services.  I found it a bunch of bunk for my kid.

The positive of an autism diagnosis.  Many insurances cover services because its the primary diagnosis.  Under speech alone its hard to get insurance to pay.  The negative is there are some who treat your kid differently and they dynamic gets uncomfortable - we've had this experience many times with other parents and more importantly doctors - they assume severe autism/low functioning and do not address him/act strange till they realize something is off with the diagnosis and its a language issue (then they tell me to fight it but I've tried and the doc doesn't care).

At this point, the priority is speech therapy regardless of the diagnosis.  With autism diagnosis, you can do ABA - I didn't find it helpful as it was more simple speech from someone who had no real training in it and the speech therapist was far better.  The ABA therapist was lovely and she didn't do hard care ABA but I didn't see any point in it for my child who I could easily manage the behavioral part.[/quote]

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