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My kid has both ASD/ADHD.  He has an IEP and gets a lot of supports/services.  The neuropsych eval helped to pinpoint all his issues and we are very lucky to have a very supportive school.  It's been a lot of work for DS.

If it upsets you that some people get a good outcome with an ASD/ADHD diagnosis then that is your problem.[/quote]

I'm skeptical that an IEP would make autism "disappear." Also, your son's ability to quell his obsession among peers also suggests a level of functioning that seems beyond Asperger's.

What upsets me, though, is your constant appearance on threads where parents are trying to figure out if their child is showing signs of autism. Your experience is not typical, and yet you present it as such. [/quote]

I have a lot of respect for PP's opinion as there are a lot of people, including scientists, who believe this type of presentation is not really ASD. However, I believe the reality is that there are more and more children who get the diagnosis who are functioning at this level. They're all over place, in Neurotribes, the NYT magazine story on kids that grew out of autism and other media. (Whether this is "true" ASD is a different matter.)

Even if we don't agree on this point, I wanted to say that I think the parent of the 3rd grader with ASD/ADHD has been a really generous and helpful presence on this board and I and others have anonymously leaned on her a lot over the past year. She is often there to offer help or advice to newbies about all kinds of things from the IEP process to working with specialists when others are too busy to respond. We also personally found her story of her own child very helpful in our own situation. Even if her child does not look like your child I also find her son's case offers a lot of hope for many of us who are struggling with issues.  I don't know if you remember from other threads but this parent also went through some very challenging times and just because things are better now does not mean that it wasn't a struggle to get there.[/quote]

Glad to be of help!  This board was very helpful to me since the very beginning when DS's teacher told me that getting an evaluation will be a good idea so I want to pay some of it back.  Also, it is cheaper and more convenient than therapy when I have to vent.  Yes, I am the mom of elevator boy  :lol:

As for the poster(s) who keep questioning our diagnosis, we've been going back and forth on here since my kid was diagnosed with ASD/Asperger's.  She does not have a kid with ASD:  Her kid has MERLD and she is very committed to the idea that the only "real" autism is Kanner autism because her language delayed child was misdiagnosed as autistic at some point.

Why she keeps insisting that my kid with ASD/Asperger's without language delays cannot possibly be on the spectrum is beyond me since it does not affect her in any way other than that it goes against her belief that an ASD diagnosis means that the kid is doomed forever.[/quote]

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