[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by Livia

I wonder whether some people diagnosed with the lesser form who appear to grow out of it may have been misdiagnosed in the first place? Like you say Annie, the spectrum is very broad, and so is the spectrum of human traits and characteristics.

I do agree with this livia. Children develop at such different rates and have many traits and characteristics tht change as they develop. As a parent it becomes almost a neurosis to measure your child's development and panic if anything seems out of the ordinary. Autism is notoriously difficult to diagnose and takes time, my friend fought for a long time to have her son officially diagnosed but I also know of people who have been told their child are displaying autistic tendencies that have never been diagnosed and have just had a slower development than other children and have eventually caught up.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by anniek76

I do agree with this livia. Children develop at such different rates and have many traits and characteristics tht change as they develop. As a parent it becomes almost a neurosis to measure your child's development and panic if anything seems out of the ordinary. Autism is notoriously difficult to diagnose and takes time, my friend fought for a long time to have her son officially diagnosed but I also know of people who have been told their child are displaying autistic tendencies that have never been diagnosed and have just had a slower development than other children and have eventually caught up.

my daughter did not get diagnosed until she was 16,

[AnnieK]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

my daughter did not get diagnosed until she was 16,

Did you have to fight for the diagnosis. My friends son was 8 and was clearly having a hard time at school and would have benefited massively from an educational statement and support but the school would not recognise this and she ended up paying for private medical reports. It was disgraceful.

[thesheriff443]

Originally Posted by anniek76

Did you have to fight for the diagnosis. My friends son was 8 and was clearly having a hard time at school and would have benefited massively from an educational statement and support but the school would not recognise this and she ended up paying for private medical reports. It was disgraceful.

my daughter already had a statement due to delayed learning, due to having a rare protein condition from birth that delayed her anyway,but the delay in learning was put down to her medical condition and this was masking her autism,but as she got older a school pychologist said she she should be tested.