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24 | is it autism or something else?
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have you been considering an evaluation or are currently going through the diagnosis process? you may wonder if your child has autism or if there is another diagnosis that explains their behaviors.
in this episode, I describe the process of "differential diagnosis." this is when professionals consider all symptoms and determine what is the best explanation of your child's behaviors. I'm giving you a peek into my diagnostic process so you can better understand how autism is assessed and how final diagnostic determinations are made.
this episode will help you learn:
- what you should know going into an evaluation
- more about other disorders that are considered as part of the evaluation, like ADHD, ODD, SPD, and anxiety
- which diagnoses commonly overlap with autism
note: in the episode, I reference increased psychiatric medication use. the study I mentioned (Madden et al., 2017) indicated that autistic youth are nearly 11x more likely to be on psychiatric medication than their non-autistic peers.
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