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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]
A few thoughts. This poster also frustrates me, possibly because I am projecting.  I have a quirky DS (whose male relatives do things like stim and fixate on subjects, but are brilliant and successful) and my fear is having him tagged as autistic just because he is different.  On the other hand, the "narrative" of Aspergers is frequently that it is not diagnosed until 8 or 9 when the social functioning deficits become apparent, and that they do not have red flags necessarily at a younger age.  So maybe this poster just got lucky and got her kid identified very early based on more subtle signs.  Also, I don't think anyone is really diagnosing "social communication disorder" because it is so new (and anyway would not have been in the DSM when this PP's son was diagnosed.)

I think what really frustrates about this poster is the mismatch between the seemingly extravagant services in the IEP, and the repeated statements that her son has no problems.  Who knows, maybe she is a massive success story, but I can see how it would be difficult to swallow if you are a parent of a kid with more severe problems treated much more poorly.  [/quote]

Oops, messed up the quotes.  :oops:

PP here. It's much earlier for many kids. Keep in mind that the age-at-diagnostic statistics also skewed by people diagnosed late as adults, who, as they and their families would tell you, struggled their whole lives. I've become involved in ASD advocacy and talked with hundreds of parents at this point, some of AS kids now in college. All parents noticed social communication deficiencies and autistic behaviors very early on, before the child's second birthday. But they were reassured by well-meaning relatives and pediatricians that the kids were OK and would grow out of their quirks. That's why kids are diagnosed late.

I had a strong reaction to her post because it makes it sound like she had a typically developing kid with zero issues, and he became autistic after he turned 4. No.

You're right that SCD is a DSM -V diagnosis. But DSM-IV requires repetitive behaviors/ interests for diagnosis, so the story still doesn't make sense, as told.[/quote]

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