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[quote=Anonymous]My DD is 11 and we've also heard that she is near the spectrum based on some behaviors and outlooks. However, she is empathetic and gets other's jokes even if she can't yet tell a successful one herself. We are moving toward meds for the anxiety and inattentive ADD (which I think is partly a manifestation of the anxiety) and just working on the rigidity and social skills at home. Again, the rigidity seems to stem from anxiety partly.
Her father's p-doc once told him that he was autistic and her aunt was also given this diagnosis. Both were as adults undergoing inpatient treatment for severe GAD. They later saw p-docs who disagreed. A friend whose past doctors told him he had BPD and NPD was just diagnosed with autism at age 50 after a decade of decline. 
I guess that I'd consider what use the diagnosis would be for us in the case of DD. She is doing well in her private school and has 2 close friendships with "non-quirky" friends. It would be hard to for me to claim she has a disability that needs services. However, if we needed accommodations for her anxiety and ADD, I'd probably want to completely rule out ASD first.[/quote]

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