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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why isn’t OP saying what other ASD symptoms the doctor supported their ASD diagnosis with besides lack of back and forth conversation?  
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I'm curious about this too, I feel like I'm missing something here. In my experience with my dc, there was extensive testing and assessment before she got the ASD dx. She's considered 'mild/high functioning' but she absolutely fits in the dx. Every professional she's ever seen concurs with her dx. She was referred for EI at 12 months and didn't get a dx till age 4.5, so it's not like it was handed out randomly.

My dd does know about her dx. She's even taken an OutSchool class for autistic kids, taught by an autistic adult. I have felt that it has helped her to know about the dx and about ASD in general. She is also dx gifted (2E) and does know that also. I mean, it's her life and she's the one that has to navigate the world. It's not like something we talk about constantly, but more like a fact.

OP, maybe you can get another assessment or ask a professional (like a dev ped) to concur/disagree with the dx? I will say, the only person in my life who disagrees with the dx is my exdh, who is in deep denial (and is not involved in the medical/educational field in the least). So take that for what it's worth.[/quote]

op - no one else has yet concurred with the dx (the school/ his other therapists etc) but obviously in my mind there's still the fact that the neurospychologist is the expert..[/quote]

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