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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can a child meet all the milestones and have ASD? That's impossible.

OP, I'd wait till he's two before I would relax. There is a regressive autism.[/quote]

Because it is a spectrum.  The avg age for being diagnosed with ASD/Level 1/Asperger's type is ~10 yrs old.  And a significant number are never diagnosed or diagnosed as an adult.[/quote]

Thanks, that's in the back of my mind, too. FWIW, an expert told me that those people would have been diagnosed as toddlers today. Parents didn't know to look for signs like pointing, etc.. Ten years ago even they weren't doing M-CHAT at checkups, so it's no wonder that people with mild ASD weren't diagnosed until later, or never. [/quote]

Pediatricians are doing M-CHAT at checkups?  That's a great idea!

/s/mother of a ten year old and a twelve year old[/quote]

Yes, I believe it's become standard practice to do M-CHAT at the 18 month checkup.[/quote]

M-cHAT isn't fool proof.  I'm a pp with the kid with Asperger's and DS passed M-CHAT with flying colors.  The pediatrician and we did not notice anything out of the ordinary except for DS's love of ceiling fans. Would have been nice if we had an inkling earlier but we did not notice anything until DS started preK and he would not play/engage with peers...  And that was the only main issue that made the school suggest an evaluation other than that DS was well behaved and met all milestones on time. DS was diagnosed at 4.[/quote]

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