hello there,
I am feeling very paranoid at the moment as my Daughter is due for an asd assessment next year.
Possible autism was picked up at 2yrs and through many assessments with different professionals she was added to the long waiting list for an assessment for a diagnosis. Fortunatly, we were given a cancellation assessment when she was 4yrs but it was inconclusive and they felt it was too premature to diagnose her at that time as she had shown she was able to adjust to school etc
She will be 7ys next year and due for a review.
For the last few years i have thrown myself into learning as much as i can about autism and the gender differences and i am 100% convinced she has high functioning autism (she has a speech and language delay).
I have even researched all the co exsisting disorders that she may have instead of autsim but nothing fits aswell as HFA. She ticks boxes for ADHD, ODD, verbal dyspraxia, sensory processing disorder, semantic pragmatic disorder...the list goes on
I am worried that they will not diagnose her. She is in mainstream school and is the quiet one that does no wrong, sticks to all the rules and gets on with her work...the school cant underastand why she is on school action plus as they feel there is nothing wrong with her.
Has anyone else been in this position before? That you feel 100% that your child has autism regardless of what the school thinks.
And, were you convinced your child had autism but to be told that after assessment they dont?
What will be will be, i just need to know now.
Thanks
