Published on 12, July, 2020
Hi I’m new to this site, I’ve had a good look around but I can’t seem to find the answer to the question I have. My son was diagnosed with Autism in December 2020 he was 13 at the time and has now just turned 14. He is a great child but suffers terribly from anxiety and like many not great with the social aspect of life. My question is we were just told over a video call that he has autism and they can’t do anything else to help so thanks and goodbye basically. When the letter arrived again it stated autism with a high score of 10. I have no idea what this means could anyone help? Also should I have received a copy of the ADOS assessment report? I feel if I know what he was assessed on maybe the score would make more sense. Anybody who has an idea I’d be grateful as school is asking what type of autism and how bad? To me he’s just the same so I don’t know. Thanks
i had a quick look around the internet. "ADOS-2 comparison score ranges from 1 to 10 where 10 is the highest score."
Put in a simpler way is is really autistic he cant be any more autistic
I hope I am correct. Its a very confusing area.
u need to find out which ADOS was used eg ADOS or ADOS-2 and the module used eg mdule 4 ?
next you need to get the name of the score. I am talking about the comparison score
u need to get back to your assessor and get your sons severity clarified and a report of his weaknesses and strengths
If I am wrong can others please correct me