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Autism is classified as a neurodevelopmental disorder which manifests itself in markedly abnormal social interaction, communication ability, patterns of interests, and patterns of behavior. Although the specific etiology of autism is unknown, many researchers suspect that autism results from genetically mediated vulnerabilities to environmental triggers.

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Misdiagnosis

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I am new to this site. I have a 10 year old son diagnosed with Autism at age 7. My younger son is not Autistic. My younger son was struggling academically at school. We requested testing, and started with an ADHD screening. Decided to medicate and this year has improved academically. However, the school district had already begun the full assessment to look for a learning diability. At the IEP they diagnosed him with Autism, based on what I feel are small insignificant events, a few categories rated poorly by last year's teacher. I am a teacher and my husband is a special ed teacher. I am shocked at this diagnosis becuase it is completely inaccurate. Many of my older son's doctor's etc. have said no way. I have never run across my situation before in education where a child is diagnosed and the parents are refusing the diagnosis and wanting a non-autisitc diagnosis. I am desperate for someone who has a similar situation or information that they would be willing to share.
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I am in a similar boat, cuz, I dont want my 9 yr old to freak out and or have a label much beyond his iep,I'm torn but his behavior is so sporatic that I think he does need to be checked again. Point in ?, I think it's ridiculous that they would say that so quickly. Take him to alta regional they have specialists, that usually know what they are doing. You probly know all this but , you seemed kinda bummed and i wanted to say hi.Hi:) see ya soon
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You know Teachers can not make a diagnoise in the first place,
so why are they?? You stand firm Mom. You know whats right!
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well, it was'nt the teachers tho, it was the school psych. and his findings were actually very interesting, and he was so, scared to tell me too at first, and i was on lay it on me...I was cool about it and then I had a hard time dealing with it later that day, it came down on me like a ton of bricks. So I called all my lifelines and came back out of it. I'm just sick of hearing he just needs a good eating andother shite like that. He is different always has been and is also a survior of abuse physical and verbal (we all are) from my assh**le exbf. so I dunno I'll wait and see what alta says after they read the school psyches reports, Thanks for your support hun it does help alot.:)
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oops , sorry about my spelling I left out alot of letters heehee
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You know your son best, and don't take any crap about "being in denial." Some people throw diagnoses around, and that can be extremely damaging and confusing. Just remember that they can't figure out who your son is by asking a few questions better than you can be living with him and raising him. You're the one who knows him.
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