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Understanding ADOS scores in relation to my daughter's new Autism diagnosis

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Hello,

This is my first time posting on here.  My 12 year old daughter was recently diagnosed with autism. 

I am trying to get my head around a few things and one thing that I am struggling to understand is what her ADOS score of 10 means.  I was told that she scored high by CAMHS during her assessment and had clear and obvious autistic traits.  Does anyone know what the score of 10 means and what a "high" score actually means.  Whilst i have been reading through various websites and the information contained on line.  I have also come across the term "aspergers" and wondered if this may be relevant to my daughter?

I am not overly concerned with numbers and names as such, but i would like to be as clued up as possible so that i can support her best i can.  Any advice would be very much appreciated!!

Kind regards,

Claire  

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  • Hi Claire,

    I’m also new here and have just received a diagnosis for my 12 year old daughter. She also scored 10 on the ADOS 2 assessment.

    I haven’t had a chance to fully look into it but I think the score can mean different things for different people?? They might both have scored 10 but may struggle in very different ways?

    I’m not sure either but best maybe to go back to whoever carried out the test for further guidance. 

    From my understanding Aspergers is a form of autism (now just known as Autistic Spectrum Disorder) where the individual struggles (mainly) with social interactions but not necessarily developmentally (perhaps more likely to be high functioning??).

    Someone had mentioned aspergers in relation to my daughter otherwise we would have never looked into it. She is at grammar school so has always been bright but struggles with the social side of life and previously we put most of her behaviours down to anxiety. 
    When we researched aspergers she ticked so many boxes.

    if you do find out any more about the scores please do let me know as this is all new to me too!

    Thanks,

    Emma

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  • Hi Claire,

    I’m also new here and have just received a diagnosis for my 12 year old daughter. She also scored 10 on the ADOS 2 assessment.

    I haven’t had a chance to fully look into it but I think the score can mean different things for different people?? They might both have scored 10 but may struggle in very different ways?

    I’m not sure either but best maybe to go back to whoever carried out the test for further guidance. 

    From my understanding Aspergers is a form of autism (now just known as Autistic Spectrum Disorder) where the individual struggles (mainly) with social interactions but not necessarily developmentally (perhaps more likely to be high functioning??).

    Someone had mentioned aspergers in relation to my daughter otherwise we would have never looked into it. She is at grammar school so has always been bright but struggles with the social side of life and previously we put most of her behaviours down to anxiety. 
    When we researched aspergers she ticked so many boxes.

    if you do find out any more about the scores please do let me know as this is all new to me too!

    Thanks,

    Emma

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