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My son has been diagnosed with PDD since he was three years old. This month we

had an ARD where the school had a psychologist come and do an evaluation. Based

on his recommendation, they decided he didn't fit the " Autism " quota and removed

it from his diagnosis. Now they are treating him as OHI- ADHD and Speech delay.

Has anyone else had this problem? They say he isn't autistic because he

communicates with people to the best of his ability...I thought there were

several levels of autism. Now my son, who is 16, is in limbo...we have no idea

what plan to follow to help him function. It seems like we are supposed to throw

everything we learned about autism out the window and start over. I basically

told them at the ARD meeting that they could call it whatever they wanted but my

son was not normal and had more going on than just ADHD. Any advice? The

neurologist said technically he does fall under the Autism spectrum disorder but

wouldn't call him autistic? What does that mean? We don't have the money to take

him to all these specialists and are doing the best we can with what our

insurance will cover plus our out of pocket expense. Any help would be greatly

appreciated.

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