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@brandysparks Being on the autism spectrum is like a pendulum swinging. Symptoms and manifestations can change dramatically based on what else may be going on in a specific situation or day! I believe that goes for children, teens, and adults alike, formally diagnosed or not.
It is my own personal opinion that a formal diagnosis can be very subjective. It can be very enlightening to know, scary to contemplate how to proceed, and saddening to realize how things might have been different "if only I had known this before!"
Ginger
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Ginger, what scares me, really and truly, are the number of professionals who deal out diagnosis, deny a diagnosis of Autism because someone is verbal, or they can give eye contact. Those two things knock an enormous amount of people out of much needed services. And that, because they have mastered skills we want them to have to begin with when planning IEP's! It is so contradictory and frustrating. I can only imagine the roadblocks our community must face to get what they need .
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We are feeling the regret over "what might have been" big time with our daughter - like you the diagnosis is Asperger's among a laundry list of other diagnoses, some of which we have known for 25+ years, others are new.
But she is getting help now to try to get everything under control. And we are ALL understanding better why she reacts as she does, and how we can help her avoid triggers.
I try to remember that we are in our infancy in understanding many of these conditions, much as we were with ADHD 30 years ago. What amazes me is the resiliency of the human brain, mind and spirit in coping with atypical brains and emotions.
Sue