{"id":10503,"date":"2013-10-03T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?p=10503"},"modified":"2013-09-25T17:11:03","modified_gmt":"2013-09-25T21:11:03","slug":"school-psychologist-says-there-is-no-educational-diagnosis-of-autism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/school-psychologist-says-there-is-no-educational-diagnosis-of-autism\/","title":{"rendered":"School Psychologist Says There is No Educational Diagnosis of Autism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_pop\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/gallery\/share-button-gray.png\" style=\"border:0px\" alt=\"Share\" \/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Google Plus\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\",\"StumbleUpon\",\"Digg\",\"Reddit\",\"Bebo\",\"Delicious\");var hupso_icon_type = \"labels\";var hupso_background=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_border=\"#FFFFFF\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"wrightslaw\";var hupso_url=\"\";var hupso_title=\"School%20Psychologist%20Says%20There%20is%20No%20Educational%20Diagnosis%20of%20Autism\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div><p><strong><\/strong>We appreciate our online community taking the time to ask questions and share advice, suggestions, and experiences with others on the Community HELPLINE.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of the Wrightslaw Way Community.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Parent 1 asks:\u00a0<\/strong>Does the school psychologist have the right to make the statement that his impression is not that of a child with an autism spectrum disorder? He said there is no school documentation of any criteria that would indicate an educational diagnosis of Autism.<\/p>\n<p>My 11 yr. old daughter has a diagnosis of ADHD, ASPERGER\u2019S DISORDER, RAD. by a Board Certified in both General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. She was diagnosed last year.<\/p>\n<p>I really don\u2019t know what to do. Please help! Thank you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Parent 2 responds:<\/strong> Sad to say, this happens around the country. Medical diagnosis does not equal educational diagnosis.<\/p>\n<p>Try sending a letter to your school district saying that your child has been medically diagnosed as being on the Autism Spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>Explain that you are concerned about the impact of this diagnosis upon her ability to access the educational opportunities offered by the school district. Ask that the district\u2019s autism expert evaluate your daughter.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Girls on the Autism Spectrum demonstrate their difficulties differently from boys. They often \u201cfly under the radar\u201d in school and fall apart at home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Parent 3 shares:<\/strong>\u00a0 We went through the same thing with our district for our daughter, who was also 11 and diagnosed with Asperger\u2019s, ADHD Inattentive Type.<\/p>\n<p>We asked our district for an IEE because we disagreed with the school psychologist. The district argued with us for two months, but they finally \u201callowed\u201d us to get an IEE.<\/p>\n<p>We got a second ASD diagnosis, ADHD and a new diagnosis of an anxiety disorder.<\/p>\n<p>We had been fighting with the district for a year. My daughter was not getting the support she needed and had regressed. It wasn\u2019t easy and it took us over a year to get some of the support.<\/p>\n<p>Start by asking for the IEE and put it in writing.<\/p>\n<p>Tell the school you respectfully disagree with the school psychologist based on the diagnoses made. Tell the school you would would like to obtain an IEE.<\/p>\n<p>Good luck and don\u2019t give up! Keep us posted!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>If you would like to be part of the Wrightslaw Way Community, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wrightslaw.com\/blog\/?page_id=38\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Community HELPLINE<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We appreciate our online community taking the time to ask questions and share advice, suggestions, and experiences with others on the Community HELPLINE. 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