vespagirl1 Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 Hi can anyone help with this question please? Describe the difficulties surrounding the diagnosis of autism in relation to the range of different diagnoses in the spectrum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finleysmaid Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 wow thats quite a big question. I would be looking at the range IE what issues might ASD cause a high functioning (asperges) person and those who are challenged with severe autism (non verbal /isolated/serious behavioural issues) a diagnosis of asd would cover both of these people but their range of abilities and support services would be very different .(only my take on this of course) Stephen might be around to help later.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vespagirl1 Posted October 12, 2020 Author Share Posted October 12, 2020 Thank you for your help finleysmaid. I shall look into it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted October 13, 2020 Share Posted October 13, 2020 Agreed, a very big question. Autism in itself is a large spectrum, as @finleysmaid has said. The other significant thing to consider is whether a person with autism also has associated learning difficulties. So a child who is not yet communicating verbally may well have a diagnosis of autism as well as one of developmental delay. The two things are not entirely separate though. This is a blog post from a mother of an autistic child (from America i think) but it might be useful to have a read - i think the last paragraph is important: https://medium.com/justinebondoc/global-developmental-delay-and-autism-similarities-and-differences-255721d65b2c 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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