keepingmesane Report post Posted February 10, 2008 i have two children who are autistic. saw jasmines consultant this week and he had got a team to rewatch her ados assessment, she scored 8 which was borderline asd... but upon watching it, it was glaringly obvious to them that she definately had a lot of markers. he even admitted that the ados is really only suited to boys who are more 'classic' the only thing he cant decide on is whether she is autistic or autistic spectrum disorder? is there a difference? when my son had his ados he scored autistic rather than asd. im glad that things are on the move now as i was frequently told not to worry about her and that she was a normal little girl (the nursery were the only ones who agreed with me and they fought so hard to get the professionals to listen to us... so big to the nursery for standing by us) it also looks as though her statement is going through with no problems as well now just waiting to hear if she got her place in a specialist unit for school starting later this year. my son is going to go mainstream school with support so it means im having to split my twins up to different schools thanks everyone for your help and information throughout the time that we were with the professionals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
baddad Report post Posted February 10, 2008 I've never heard of anyone making a distinction beween 'autism' and 'autism spectrum disorder' before - autism is an autism spectrum disorder(? ) Maybe the consultant was hedging between 'AS' (Aspergers Syndrome) and ASD? TBH that distinction is starting to be viewed as somewhat irrelevant (what's the difference? The spelling!) and quite problematic too, as it attaches so many potentially erroneous connotations in terms of support/expectations that it does more harm than good. It's usually based on the acquisition of language (age and ability), but many professionals seem confused about the boundaries, and quite often the distinction seems to be down to the diagnostician's preferred terminology! Either way, glad you're getting some insight at last into DD's condition and needs, and go easy on yourself... <'> L&P BD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jools Report post Posted February 10, 2008 when G was diagnosed he was given a dx of ASD. i was told then that in this area they don't dx aspergers (AS) anymore because it is all part of the same spectrum and to enable support to be put in place they found it beneficial to use ASD for all aspects of the spectrum, no matter where you fall in it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted February 10, 2008 Glad you are getting somewhere, KMS <'> Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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elun1 Report post Posted February 10, 2008 Can't stay as it's madness here at the mo but wanted to send <'> <'> <'> Elun xxx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
