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Anxious wait for diagnosis for a child with autism symptoms

SmilingBoy

Following our suspicions and advice of friends and day care minders, we took our child to the GP. He is a happy and playful 2.5 yr old boy and looks normal but does not speak too much, walks on his toes quite a lot, not very good with social interactions and has different behaviour.

The GP referred the case to the Children's centre and I am waiting for an appointment. They said it can take upto 22 weeks!

I gave them a follow up call and was told that NHS guidelines requires every case to be seen within 12 weeks so they are looking to schedule a meeting by mid-may with a speech therapist.

What was the procedure for others in this forum to get a diagnosis? Did you get a diagnosis soon? Will a speech therapist be able to diagnose the child? How long did you have to wait?

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  • Hi smilingboy,

     i am also waiting for my  9yr old daughters diagnosis, unfortunetly its been 2yrs since her initial referral from the gp she has seen a speech and language therapist and now waiting to see the occupational therapy team so they can carryout there assesment, once this has been done its back to the paediatrician for the result.

    i dont know if its just us but we have have had so many problems and long waiting lists maybe thats just my area and may be different where you are.

    fingers crossed for you

    Sam

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  • Hi smilingboy,

     i am also waiting for my  9yr old daughters diagnosis, unfortunetly its been 2yrs since her initial referral from the gp she has seen a speech and language therapist and now waiting to see the occupational therapy team so they can carryout there assesment, once this has been done its back to the paediatrician for the result.

    i dont know if its just us but we have have had so many problems and long waiting lists maybe thats just my area and may be different where you are.

    fingers crossed for you

    Sam

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