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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We finally have an initial appointment with our pediatrician tomorrow and she is spun up about the fact that they might not find anything wrong, which to her means that they are not listening to her. It is a conversation that never, ever ends.

This is a smart kid, incredibly able to make conversation with peers and adults. She suffers from some lack of confidence, which I frankly find more concerning because she could excel at so many things.

She is also [b]stubborn as h#L![/b] and is bound and determined that she's going to be diagnosed with something. Part of this is from her therapist, or what she is perceiving that she is hearing from her therapist.

I want to be supportive, but[b] if she would put as much energy into anything as she has put into this effort we would have terraformed Mars already.[/b]

[b]She could be a little more organized and since she was a child she has resisted going into any activity where she has to start as a beginner - she wants to be perfect from the start.[/b] She gets A's and B's, has lots of friends and parents uniformly like her.

I love her SO much but as I said, this conversation JUST GOES ON.[/quote]

The bolded sentences perfectly describe my son - who is autistic, was diagnosed at 11 (he presents more typical to the way a girl with ASD presents), and is also academically gifted (so 2E) and thrives on the rigid routines at school so gets high grades. No one believed that anything could possibly be "wrong" because my son is "so smart, is insightful, gets along with everyone" that any issues we had must be attributable to a parenting issue. The things that stand out to me - the stubbornness and the energy to terraform Mars if she could focus are actually strong indicators of ASD - or they can be.

Turns out he has ASD, and some pretty significant handicaps related to that.

A pediatrician can't diagnose ASD though, but can refer you to a provider that can do a neuropsych evaluation.[/quote]

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