Saturday, January 7, 2012

Autism - answer plz!?

I'm and ABA therapist (applied behavioral ysis). Get an ABA therapist. Take you child to a children's hospital and get him set up for a FORMAL diagnosis. Go for speech/language, PT, and OT evaluations. Try to find a developmental pediatrician for a diagnosis. It takes a while to proprerly diagnose autism. Check with your local school system for a developmental preschool cl and have him tested through the schools. Completely rule out any medical and genetic issues and DON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. Many children are misdiagnosed in the beginning. Do not accept a diagnosis you know to be untrue. Advocate for your child. Keep finding doctors until someone listens to you. I know it's difficult, keep at it. Get people to doent his behavior (even friends and family) and take it with you to the doctors. You have a long road ahead of you, i won't lie, Good Luck!

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