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My daughter just got diagnosed with autistic traits and conduct disorder

Kittylove

Hi all I'm new here I've been fighting with my daughters school since she was 5 to admit there's something wrong she is now 8 and we finally got to see a community paed yesterday where he diagnosed her with autistic traits and conduct disorder I was so shocked as I thought it was maybe ADHD not autism and I have no idea what conduct disorder is ??? I felt rather over wealmed by it all so completely forgot to ask any questions and now have hundreds floating around my head I'm really struggling with her behaviour all ready and the doctor said that it will get worse (that was enough to scare me) he wants to see her back in 3-6 months for some more assessments but other than that I don't know what to do what happens from here the school can't cope with her so as a result she only does one hour a day people don't want me to visit when I've got her because she is such a handful and she in their words "does they're head in" I just feel completely lost and really don't know where to go from here any suggestions ??

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  • (this is the same response I put on your double post on the same subject)

    I would write querying/challenging the diagnosis, attaching a print-out of this entire page, of which here is an excerpt:

    http://www.autism.org.uk/labels

    Terms used in the International Classification System that are applied to difficult behaviour

    • Conduct disorder
    • Oppositional defiant disorder.


    These labels are most unhelpful. They simply name the behaviour without any indication of the underlying cause. 

    It is possible for a child or adult with an autistic spectrum disorder to be given one of these diagnoses if a proper history is not taken and the proper psychological investigations are not carried out. 

    If this happens the needs of the child or adult concerned and their family are likely to be misjudged, with disastrous results.

    It sounds like it might be a bit of a cop-out just saying she has autistic behaviours and blaming her more extreme behaviours on conduct disorder.  I would imagine that her behaviour is as a result of living with undiagnosed and unsupported autism.  It could be that sensory issues cause her to meltdown and react aggressively (if that is what she is doing).

    BTW, did you approach your GP for a referral to be assessed previously as schools are notorious for ignoring what's right under their noses and you don't need to rely on the school to help with referral and they aren't always helpful when it comes to backing you up on behaviour either.

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  • (this is the same response I put on your double post on the same subject)

    I would write querying/challenging the diagnosis, attaching a print-out of this entire page, of which here is an excerpt:

    http://www.autism.org.uk/labels

    Terms used in the International Classification System that are applied to difficult behaviour

    • Conduct disorder
    • Oppositional defiant disorder.


    These labels are most unhelpful. They simply name the behaviour without any indication of the underlying cause. 

    It is possible for a child or adult with an autistic spectrum disorder to be given one of these diagnoses if a proper history is not taken and the proper psychological investigations are not carried out. 

    If this happens the needs of the child or adult concerned and their family are likely to be misjudged, with disastrous results.

    It sounds like it might be a bit of a cop-out just saying she has autistic behaviours and blaming her more extreme behaviours on conduct disorder.  I would imagine that her behaviour is as a result of living with undiagnosed and unsupported autism.  It could be that sensory issues cause her to meltdown and react aggressively (if that is what she is doing).

    BTW, did you approach your GP for a referral to be assessed previously as schools are notorious for ignoring what's right under their noses and you don't need to rely on the school to help with referral and they aren't always helpful when it comes to backing you up on behaviour either.

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