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[quote=Anonymous]DS was Dx ASD. I am still in shock.

One, based on the pediatrician’s input and others dismissing my concerns, I half expected them to say DS has some autistic traits, but not enough to be considered on the spectrum.

Two, I expected them to say at least that DS was borderline or on the mild end of the spectrum. But, according to them, there’s no doubt he’s ASD; they don’t know how he’ll evolve, and it’s too early to give a prognosis. What distracted us were his good social skills, babbling & vocalization, eye contact, willingness to learn, good eating & sleeping, easy-going nature, no GI issues (i.e. all the superficial “signs” of not being ASD). His EI therapists, for instance, were surprised to hear of his diagnosis, because he made so much progress from one week to the next. But he does exhibit the core traits of ASD: significant impairment in verbal and non-verbal communication and social interaction.

To PPs with similar concerns I’d say get an EI evaluation now. If there are delays in multiple areas, you have enough to warrant a referral for an ASD eval. If not, you have only wasted a couple of hours to be worry-free. It can take months to get evaluated, and I regret not having done it earlier. DS was 15 months when I started the thread, 16 months (I wrote 17 before - that's a typo) at the first and second EI evaluation, and 17 months at the ASD evaluation.
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