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My 5 year old has just been diagnosed with Autism... What now?

Danielle1985

Hi all,

im new to the forum and am looking for advice, my son has been undergoing assessments for 2 1/2 years and had an ADOS just before Christmas, we went back to the pediatrics last week and he confirmed a diagnosis of Autism.

The Dr explained that a child who scored 1-7 does not have asd

a child who scores 8 has ASD and a child that scores 9 and above has Autism. 

My son scored 13... Does anyone have any information as to what the scores mean, as I had that much to take in I forgot to ask the Dr. And what is the difference between being diagnosed with ASD and Autism?  I'm hoping to educate myself as much as possible in the coming months as I want to give my son all the help I possibly can.

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  • the first diagnosis is scary ,, and as far as the spectrum goes .. you know your own child and you have to be confident in that .. you and you only know what help your child needs .. try and be strong in asking for that help .. i personally found that being brutally honest meant my child who is now 22 got more help when i stood up than when i left it to those i thought i trusted .. hard work hun .. but i got there .. now my son has all his gcse's and A Level math, geography, physics and chemistry .. all we need now is someone to take a chance and employ him lol .. good luck hun x

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  • the first diagnosis is scary ,, and as far as the spectrum goes .. you know your own child and you have to be confident in that .. you and you only know what help your child needs .. try and be strong in asking for that help .. i personally found that being brutally honest meant my child who is now 22 got more help when i stood up than when i left it to those i thought i trusted .. hard work hun .. but i got there .. now my son has all his gcse's and A Level math, geography, physics and chemistry .. all we need now is someone to take a chance and employ him lol .. good luck hun x

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