Thanks very much, aeh, for your very informative and helpful feedback.
You may wish to consider further assessment by a hospital/clinic-based team, who would be the most likely to have experience with an ADOS-2. Other members of the evaluation team that might be valuable may include a speech language pathologist and an occupational therapist.
Yes, I think this is what I'm going to try next. Unfortunately, I won't be able to do this until next year due to finances and also their long waiting list.
Depending on your insurance, you may be able to receive full or partial coverage for this with a referral from your primary care doc.
My insurance does not cover any autism-related services or evaluations, whatsoever. Because of this, I've used my flex account to pay for evaluations, but I've used all of those funds already for this year. Regardless, I do appreciate your pointing this out since it's important that people know it can be covered.
Thanks again!
