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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We used Stixrud twice over the years. Cookie cutter reports. In one, the wrong kid's name was not edited out. The provider also landed on the easy diagnoses (ADHD) and didn't even bother with an ADOS, despite autism concerns from parents and a mental health provider.

Not even six months after the last Stixrud testing, DC was inpatient for major anxiety and an autistic mentdown. That's how DC got the very late ASD diagnosis.

Everyone who has since read the Stixrud report said signs of ASD were all over it, and Stixrud missed it.

We wasted thousands and thousands of dollars on their help.[/quote]

Yeah I've listened to some of the podcasts featuring Dr. Henderson talking about autism in girls and she acknowledges she "didn't do autism" before she had an epiphany about particular patient she was evaluating. I was definitely told to go to either Dr. Henderson or Dr. Namazi at Stixrud (we ended up using a different practice due to the long wait-list for these).

It's bizarre to me that any person conducting neuropsychological assessments would "not do autism". It kind of feels like it's on the parent to figure out the diagnosis and then select an evaluator who can diagnose the condition you think your child has.[/quote]

Namazi is great.  Gets ASD in girls and women.  [/quote]

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