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[quote=Anonymous]In my case my son went through the whole process of testing and a neuropsych eval at 3. He was in PK3, having a lot of potty training issues at school and was very shy - basically did not speak at all at school. He wouldn't participate in most classroom activities. He was on the very late end of the average range for most milestones - late to sit, late to crawl, walked at 17 months, slow to talk, etc. The charter we attended pushed getting him evaluated for special needs very hard. He had a neuropsych eval that described profound issues and likely autism (he refused to participate in most of the testing). We enrolled him in private PT and OT, plus he got speech therapy at school.

Around age 5 he was "coming out of his shell" at school much more. I also took him to Kennedy Krieger to go over his prior evaluation and talk about his history -  they suggested he had early global delays but based on this exam did not see autism and did not recommend further testing. By age 6 he he was participating in activities as much as other students at school and talking more. He seemed to catch up on his coordination. The school special education team told us they didn't think he had autism. He graduated from his IEP in first grade. He's 14 now, a straight A student, plays lots of sports, has lots of friends. Still an introvert, but less so than at a younger age. What can I say? It seems like it was a case of complete misdiagnosis. Maybe neuropsych evaluations on a 4 yr old are just a fallacy. I don't think my son was harmed...all the PT and OT was helpful for him. But it was such a stressful time and I'm not sure how so many professionals were so convinced despite my husband and I and my mom (who is a pediatrician!!) saying we did not think he had autism. Ugh.

The whole process of his diagnosis then un-diagnosis was so hard. I feel like all along he was just very very shy and not developmentally ready to be potty trained and be in a full day school. Looking back on his neuropsych eval it just reads like a made up scenario - it doesn't remotely sound like my child. I think I still have a copy and need to find it and shred it before my teen finds it. [/quote]

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