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[quote=Anonymous]We very much see the stigma and the few people we've told, sure enough, dropped us as friends.  I don't agree with calling it a spectrum and have children who barely meet criteria in the same category as kids who are barely functioning.  It makes no sense to me.  In all reality they don't know what "autism" and how to fix it.

I agree with you on OT.  It helped teach me how to teach my child how to hold a pencil but for most things I didn't get the point.  We have been in and out and the OT finally dismissed us as its stuff we do at home and we just don't need the help.

For the situation with these evaluations, it is important to understand the difference between autism and a speech delay and how the speech delay impacts the child's functioning.  Because of the receptive issues, my kid just does not get things asked of him.  People act like he is being difficult when he needs to be shown vs. told.  That isn't a feature in autism.  Also, people really struggle with him when he is trying to express himself and they don't have the patiences or understanding of what is going on.  It is easier to dismiss him than to just be patient.

In your situation, your child has a family history of autism.  It is probably a combination of things.  But, for those of us who feel it is primarily speech and NOT autism, it really takes someone who has seen many of these kids and gets them rather than just lumping them all under autism, throwing a bunch of services at them and hoping for the best.[/quote]

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