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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP should get her child evaluated by a developmental pediatrician.
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Child has already been evaluated.[/quote]

Unclear if this is OP responding. When was the evaluation?  Was it done by a private developmental pediatrician?

My pediatrician had an amazing bedside manner and repeatedly reassured me that everything with my daughter was fine, thereby delaying her ASD diagnosis by almost 6 months.

If a doctor flags a POTENTIAL problem, why would OP not get it checked out.[/quote]

It doesn't matter if the child has already been evaluated. When a child with language delays is only 4, the diagnosis is not set in stone.  The symptoms may continue to shift as the child matures.  Both the diagnosis of ASD and the diagnosis of MERLD can be wrong at that age.  Kids can be moved from one category to the other as more information becomes available. Just because you got one diagnosis doesn't mean that you never revisit the issue of diagnosis again.

This doctor is 100% right to keep the diagnosis issue at the front of her mind. [/quote]

Why are you and other so hellbent on making this autism? [/quote]

I am not. I pointed out that labels change the other way too. I am defending that doctor though. Just because a doctor had a point that you don't like, doesn't make it okay to abuse them.[/quote]

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