Originally Posted by wookiemouse
his initial diagnosis of Aspergers was made by a developmental pediatrician who is one of the top in the field for autism. ... However, she is not versed in gifted kids. So on one hand, I have an ASD expert telling me she thinks he has Aspergers but he doesn't test on the ADOS and there are a lot of characteristics that can't be explained by the Aspergers

The ADOS is currently AFAIK the most respected test for diagnosing autism spectrum disorders. If she did the test correctly, and he didn't score within the diagnostic range, why did she diagnose him as being on the spectrum? That is indeed very odd.

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