Re: Question re: autism v. ADHD code in regards to the school district

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Key phrase: " individual and unique educational needs of the child " .

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> ADHD is considered a co-morbid or coexisting condition found with

Autism.

> With AU the autism supplement and additional services available

with that

> eligibility must be addressed/considered. While an ADHD

eligibility does

> not have to have those areas addressed as are in the AU supplement,

it does

> not preclude the parents and school from addressing them. I

attended a

> conference and the WABSA attorney even stated to the school folks

that " of

> course you consider all the areas of the AU supplement for all

children " .

> You have to address the " individual and unique needs of the child " .

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> Eligibility should not determine set services available or

placement. This

> is supported by the regulations.

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> Typically you will have to pull teeth for in-home/parent training

without an

> AU, though it is not always the case. We had both and they never

would give

> the AU to our son. And many children with other eligibilities are

provided

> with all the considerations addressed on the supplement. It really

just

> comes down to the folks/district that you are dealing with. And

this is not

> to contradict Phil - it is rare that you could get this without AU

though

> not impossible. You just have to push.

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> If AU is a diagnosis, I would push for AU as primary and OHI (ADHD)

as

> secondary eligibility. And if there are other areas of

eligibility - you

> can have a tertiary one as well.

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> Amy

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> Fighting the fight for all our children's rights...

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> From: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

> [mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy ] On Behalf Of

> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:39 AM

> To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

> Subject: Question re: autism v. ADHD code

in regards

> to the school district

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> I posted this a few days ago and was asking about the ADHD v.

autism

> diagnosis at the end of it. I was wondering if someone with some

> insight into this could explain to me the difference between an AU

> code and an ADHD diagnosis from the school's point of view. I

thought

> you couldn't qualify for many of the services available with an

ADHD

> code that you would with the AU code. My advocate Phil said the

only

> thing you couldn't get was the in-home training & one other thing

> (can't remember what though). Is this correct?

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