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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS was diagnosed with a speech delay at 18 months.  He was evaluated again at age 3 for autism and speech delays, but the results were inconclusive.  He does not have any speech delays.  He is now four and his teacher suggested another evaluation.  My son doesn't have many friends at school aside from one very close friend and a few kids he plays with at the playground.  He has a few topics he loves and will sometimes talk about them at inappropriate times.  He is hyper-focused on his work.  The strange thing is that at home he acts quite differently - he has several close friends in the neighborhood and asks to see them all the time. He loves to joke about his sister, and laughs all the time.  He likes several topics - and plays with a variety of toys.  I think he has a lot of anxiety as this is a new school, and I am a SAHM.  He was in a part time play coop with 11 other children, whereas now he is in a huge 27 kid classroom now, without his mom being there.  Not sure what to do, but at this point he will have had an evaluation every year.  The school has decided to go forward with socialization therapy before the evaluation.  I'm tempted to wait a few months to get him evaluated.  I would just hate for my son to have yet another long test (he hates it every time no matter how much I try to spin it as a fun game), and for the results to come out again as being inconclusive.  Has anyone else had an inconclusive autism screening?  [/quote]

OP, food for thought:

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/21/thats_not_autism_its_simply_a_brainy_introverted_boy/

SATURDAY, SEP 21, 2013 08:30 AM EDT
[b]That’s not autism: It’s simply a brainy, introverted boy[/b]
Autism spectrum diagnoses are up 78 percent in 10 years. We're dramatically overdiagnosing it in everyday behavior[/quote]

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