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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To be fair, many pediatricians seem to be looking at developmental delays that are obvious like language, motor, etc. They aren’t really asking you if you’re two year-old plays with the same toy over and over and over and over, which may seem normal if you’ve never had children before, but later figure out That can be a sign. Many of the things looking back that may have been signs for us were brushed off as anxiety. Our child was extremely verbal and social and does very well academically so it was missed for a very long time. What was probably burn out from masking all day long was just brushed off as normal developmental tantrums at home.[/quote]

We had a very similar situation but were kind of "lucky" that DD displayed a very severe type of anxiety that led us to seek services for her that eventually led to the diagnosis at age 4. That anxiety and DD's stimming as well as some repetitive play should have been enough to recommend an evaluation, but our pediatrician reassured us that DD was NT, despite only seeing DD for 15 minutes once a year. Thankfully the therapists spoke up and we got the evaluation anyway. I really think pediatricians could use more training to overcome their biases. DD is mixed race and presents more White than Brown but I imagine it is far worse for Black boys and girls.[/quote]

DP, I think our late diagnosis for our DD was because her "stimming" was playing with slime for hours on end but since slime was so popular at the time, they dismissed it as a sign. [/quote]

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