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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That study is very interesting... it's sad that it was published in 2014 and probably still so few families are benefiting from treatment at that early of an age. I don't think I have heard one person on these boards say that they were seen at 6 months of age with a child displaying lack of eye contact... maybe language delay (?) but not the milder ASD symptoms.

[b]What's happening in reality is that parents with concerns like OP (and myself starting at about 1 year) are being told not to worry. Sure, OP can get on a wait list to see a dev ped... but that will take 3 months-ish... only to be dismissed as inconclusive as the most likely outcome. [/b]

There just has to be a better way. Regular pediatricians are not catching mild ASDs early enough, IMO. I even told my regular ped that there were 2 family members with confirmed ASDs. He told me that the connection was "too distant," the connection needed to be a sibling or parent. :/[/quote]

That's the crux of the matter. I've see it it with my own eyes: a parent of a non-verbal 3 year old with classic autistic behaviors being told not to worry, the kid will grow out of it. I wish people like that would shut up.

In another threat a poster didn't see any problems with her son until his preschool teacher pointed out problems at 4. Yet on the same board a parent of a 6 month old who's concerned is being ridiculed. There's a huge disconnect. In most kids with ASD signs appear in infancy and get more pronounced with age; they don't "turn" autistic overnight.[/quote]

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