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&lt;&lt;It's not like when you take your kid in for an evaluation, they check off "joint attention" and " ability to read nonverbal cues" as the criteria for diagnosing ASD or ruling it out. &gt;&gt;

Actually, I can't tell you how many doctors have cited this in initial evaluations for dismissing autism in my child and looking for other issues. So actually, it is almost like they have a check list with these two items.[/quote]

When was this?  My child was diagnosed/evaluated within the past 2 yrs and those things never happened.  But we saw good doctors:  Stixrud, children's, and dr Shapiro as well as a school eval.  None of them did anything like you describe and they all came up with ASD/Asperger's.

Also, DS never had issues with joint attention nor did I see issues with nonverbal cues as a baby (pointed and looked just fine, eye contact normal) nevertheless every eval agrees on the ASD/AS diagnosis.

If you want to get an eval, go to a professional with a good reputation instead of reading stuff off the internet and making your own diagnosis.[/quote]

and yet, you do this all the time with your Asperger's wonder child. [/quote]

No, I don't have to since his doctors and school agree on what's needed.[/quote]

No, I mean you are quick to say that because your child has joint attention, autistic children don't have issues with joint attention. Not remotely  true.

I know lots of families who have HFA/Asperger's and not one sounds like yours. And yet you try over and over again to force this idea that your child is the standard for Asperger's. Oh, and the "If you've met one child with autism, you met one child with autism" is hooey. They are much more alike than different.

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