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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, I don't know that the school would judge him for his diagnosis. I'm concerned that they might.

Does anyone have a kid whose symptoms mostly disappeared? Did you get a new diagnosis or just keep ASD?[/quote]

Happens all the time on the MERLD boards. I've met several of those kids -- when their language comes in, their "autism" goes away.[/quote]

This is my kid.

OP, we did a small private for a few years and it was wonderful.  They had about 10 kids in a classroom and were very structured and had strict routines so he could easily learn them and follow.  They were very warm and kind to him and gave him the extra support he needed.  He thrived there and then successfully transferred to public.  If you can afford it for a few years and the private is ok with it, I'd try private.  They allowed my son to do a 1/2 day after we looked at the school and he loved it and didn't want to leave.  They were ok with the delays and his needs and never once complained about his extra needs.  It was the best thing we ever did for him.

My kid is a MERLD kid but now his receptive is mostly caught up so the school only has him coded as expressive (there are still minor receptive issues but he's mostly learned to compensate).  It absolutely can happen and from what I've seen its more between 7-10 vs. 4-6 if is on the more severe side.

Your child has a higher likelihood to catch up as they know the cause, which was an issue with his ears vs an unknown cause.[/quote]

Op, please take information with a grain of salt.  Past preschool  do not get diagnoses of MERLD.

Receptive skills can improve but please don't be so gullible to believe that they grow in like teeth.  The chronic fluid even though corrected puts your kid more at risk for language based LDs.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK356270/
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:roll:   You can get a diagnosis of a language disorder with expressive and receptive.  However, at some point when they are testing at a specific level, one or both can be dropped.  My child's receptive diagnosis has been dropped.  The school system refuses to even recognize it at an issue.

If the cause is due to ears, its very different often than a child with unknown cause.  Once the ears are treated, children can catch up quickly.  They are very different.[/quote]

No this not true once ears are treated everything catches up.  It can, but not a given.  Start reading at page 19 of the NIH article.[/quote]

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