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Ok we have been going round in circles for ages, had an emergency appointment with Cahms and they have said my son needs an Asd assessement, so i went to the Gp and asked her who would do it, she said school, however at the same time she said the peadatrician had said m son has not scored enough points to be on the spectrum, (Gp has always said he is and its obvious)

Anyway what points does he need to be scoring? and what does it take to be diagnosed, i mean what is the criteria?

Thanks in advance for your answers x

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  • There's a book might be of some use to you:

    'I Think I Might Be Autistic' by Cynthia Kim.

    It's American and aimed at adults, so it's not all relevant.  However it does contain the DSM-5 criteria (the new ones without Aspergers...) and a long list of questions looking at the ways they might apply to a person (in chapter 2)

    If he has a lot autistic traits, but doesn't quite fit it you might want to look at some of the related/overlapping diagnosisis such as ADHD or dyspraxia.

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  • There's a book might be of some use to you:

    'I Think I Might Be Autistic' by Cynthia Kim.

    It's American and aimed at adults, so it's not all relevant.  However it does contain the DSM-5 criteria (the new ones without Aspergers...) and a long list of questions looking at the ways they might apply to a person (in chapter 2)

    If he has a lot autistic traits, but doesn't quite fit it you might want to look at some of the related/overlapping diagnosisis such as ADHD or dyspraxia.

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