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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Younger kids are given the "developmental delay" label for precisely this reason and the symptoms are treated.  For a kid who may end up with an ASD/Asperger's label later on  they will probably get interventions like OT and PT if the parents suspect anything issues at all which in most cases they won't.[/quote]

Isn't developmental delay an educational category, not a clinical definition? And my understanding is that autism can be reliably diagnosed between 2 and 3. [/quote]

Developmental delays is an educational category but if you have a young child in early intervention they will be provided services under "developmental delays" even if they already have an ASD diagnosis as a matter of routine especially if the child can be mainstreamed and do not need placement in a self contained autism classroom.

[b]Asperger's/ASD is not diagnosed between 2-3.  [/b]My kid met all milestones on time and we did not suspect anything until his preschool teacher noticed issues with the way he was not engaging with his classmates.  He engaged with her, an adult, just fine however. Followed class room instructions without problems and has always been above grade level academically.  This is a pretty common in Asperger's.

There are people with Asperger's who are not diagnosed until they are adults if ever.  Asperger's is much more like ADHD in the way it is diagnosed than classic autism.[/quote]

It is, more and more so. The signs are there early on. Until recently, clinicians refused to consider asd diagnosis before 3. I know several kids with mild ASD who were diagnosed before 2.[/quote]

Did they have speech delays?  While Asperger's no longer exists, when people talk about Asperger's type of ASD it is mild ASD without speech delays.[/quote] Some did and some didn't. Mine was speech delayed when first tested at 16 months, and 4 months later he tested in the 90th percentile for expressive language. The Aspergers criteria was no speech delay at 2, right?[/quote]

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