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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's weird that you [i]just[/i] received a MERLD diagnosis.  It's no longer in the current DSM and is covered by these categories:

--Language Impairment
--Late Language Emergence
--Specific Language Impairment
--Social Communication Disorder
--Voice Disorder

We were diagnosed with MERLD under the previous DSM.  You can definitely have it with or without being on the spectrum.  Language Impairment and Specific Language Impairment are so broad and lump in a lot of things in the current DSM.

You might find reading up on Social Communication (Pragmatics) Disorder helpful:
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/communication-disorders/understanding-social-communication-disorder

and Language Disorders:
https://www.understood.org/en/learning-attention-issues/child-learning-disabilities/communication-disorders/understanding-language-disorders

My guess would be on a practical level, your kid might have trouble with back and forth conversations, particularly with peers.  Kids who fit the MERLD profile have difficulty tracking what others are saying as well as simultaneously processing what they want to say.  Your kid may also have difficulty with group sports, like soccer--where there are a lot of other bodies, the ball, the coach.  Your kid may also have difficulty organizing his thoughts to paper, organizing paragraphs for example.  (A lot of these issues are also present in kids with ADHD.)

A lot of these issues are related to executive function and processing.  So if your kid has ADHD and dyslexia, it doesn't surprise me that he has MERLD.  I just find it surprising that the psychologist gave this diagnosis now and wondering if it was a private or school testing.[/quote]

If you have MERLD, you do not have ASD/PDD, as a previous poster said.

MERLD is still diagnosed everyday. Just because it's not in the DSM doesn't mean professionals aren't using it. [/quote]

Well, that's not very professional of them.  BTW, PDD isn't the DSM either anymore.  Having MERLD doesn't preclude you from being on the spectrum.  You can have both or just one.  It's a processing issue.[/quote]

Ok anti MERLD MOM, we get that you do not believe in MERLD.[/quote]

No, dipsh*t, my kid [b]has[/b] a MERLD diagnosis from several years ago.  (And yes, kids have been diagnosed with both autism and MERLD under the previous DSM.)  You're just one of those prejudiced parents who balked at the autism label--no, horror, not my kid.  So what if your kid has autism or not.  There's not much that's different about your kid and one with autism, Tourettes, etc.  It's all brain wiring.  The point is that the OP should be getting a diagnosis that is actually [b]in the current DSM[/b].  Her kid's issues will probably fall under the topics MERLD was folded under.  (I sincerely doubt he has autism if he's already 12 and has been assess previously and that's not one of the areas in any case.)  So get off your "but my kid's not autistic" soapbox.  No one cares.

OP, if this was a private evaluation, then you may want to address this issue with the tester.  If you're trying to get accommodations written into your IEP, e.g., preferential seating, you'll need an up-to-date diagnosis.[/quote]

You are a very charming person who has yet to address any of OP comments and have strictly made it about you.  You didn't read the OP post nor addressed anything except to talk about your child which has no relevance to OP.  This really has little to do with autism and has to do with MERLD.[/quote]

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