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Concerned our high functioning child will not be diagnosed as autistic because his traits aren’t severe.

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Hi,

As parents we are in the middle of having our 7 year old boy assessed for autism. In the last consultation they are happy to continue to assess him but aren’t sure if he is on the spectrum, this is because they only spoke to him and watched his interactions for an hour, whereas at home there are so more signs of definite autism.

We are wondering if anyone else has experienced doctors not believing your child is autistic because they are high functioning and if there’s any way to have them tested for longer than a short doctor’s appointment, other than going private which we cannot afford.

Thank you in advance for any help you can give us.

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  • school would normally help with a diagnosis. We constantly kept asking for help and took until he was 7yr to be noticed something wasn’t right in school spite mum and dads reports. Now his school think he has ADHD and He wasn’t really assessed to gain his diagnosis. Well clearly he was, but school must of been assessing him. Mum and dad have to goto adhd classes, he’s been moved away from the other children. Basically our voice didn’t matter, schools did. Doctor kept telling us school. 

    im nhs medically diagnosed autistic. Recently too. But then again that then contradicts everything I say about schools.. I was branded naughty in school not learning disabilities. 
    It’s a tough world for me, Ste

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  • school would normally help with a diagnosis. We constantly kept asking for help and took until he was 7yr to be noticed something wasn’t right in school spite mum and dads reports. Now his school think he has ADHD and He wasn’t really assessed to gain his diagnosis. Well clearly he was, but school must of been assessing him. Mum and dad have to goto adhd classes, he’s been moved away from the other children. Basically our voice didn’t matter, schools did. Doctor kept telling us school. 

    im nhs medically diagnosed autistic. Recently too. But then again that then contradicts everything I say about schools.. I was branded naughty in school not learning disabilities. 
    It’s a tough world for me, Ste

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