honey

first of all u remain calm and then u begin to get the documentation together to fight fire with fire

the fact he hasnt been intergrated into mainstream once is a powerful weapon and what did they base the ocd on cos i have one with it who sailed ordinary school while her sister attended story time only

do not dispair go to the person who diagnosed him in the first place and offer teh new theary to them

it sounds like this is just to fob u off and boils down to funding

take care and be kind to u

love D

Should I have the school bring in the same people or should I have them get new people? I will start today and document everything from birth down. Plus I was thinking maybe print off some research about the signs and symptoms of OCD and autism so maybe it could show them in black and white.

I also forgot to mention that 4 years ago he had his first seizure a pretty bad one and he hasnt had one since tilll this week which he has had 2 within a day a part!
Question he is going in for an EEG scan Monday morning and a neurologist is calling us with an appointment in a couple of weeks. Will these scans tell us or give any hints to the Autism? If so what?

honey

whilst im not a medical person just a person with a 27 year old autistic daughter i think u need to ask each medical person who u see about the connection betwn autism and ocd

and make sure u get copies of all they say to support your case of autism and dont be fobbed off u are the best advocate for your child

make school produce the evidence that has lead to this conclusion and ask about the qualifications of the person who assessed him and yes print things off to show them

the seizures could just be a temp thing or a body change sso dont worry too much until u get an acurate diagnoses from the scan then u can ask the questions u need to

dont forget to breath and take five mins to remind yourself that u are doing a great job and should be proud of all u have accomplished for your child and yourself

make sure if u need one u have an advocate for u as well someone who has seen the progress the long time it takes to do things and see if u can see any signs that could be ocd traits

take care and be kind

love D

Thank You!!

I do not know where you live, but my son was officially diagnosed in a specialty autism testing site in Rochester Medical Center in NY. It took a while to get the appointment. The testing was thorough and worth it. It lasted two half days. Then I got all the services I needed for him.
There may be a specialty center in your area. But not many regular docs or therapists know how to diagnose.
You did a great job being a MOM and still are. People will see that. It's good you had a handle on this early. I did not know until my step son was seven that he had Autism. I had met him when he was five and soon after that he started talking.
I could see how they could get a wrong diagnosis of OCD for my son because he gets on one topic and ruminates over it, talking of nothing else. Unlike the autistic children that rock, he had "very complex" repetitive behaviors and still does. Like removing tires from his toy trucks. Now it is reading. Of course this is good one. My son is 19 now.
Hope this helps. Keep in touch.