Hello - to cut a long story short, today my 13 yo ds was scored as a '7' on the ADOS-2 for social affect and 0 for restricted and repetitive behaviour, the psychologist said 7 is the 'cut-off' point for ASD. The level of support he needs is 1 for social communication and 1 for restricted and repetitive behaviours. He meets all the criteria for DSM-5 ASD. Can anyone help me interpret this? My dh is annoying me by saying our ds is 'just borderline'. He didn't think it likely he would be diagnosed with ASD whereas I did, and I think he is in a bit of denial. Can anyone with some experience let me know if a '7' means mild (or if that kind of language is unhelpful). Please be gentle, while not unexpected it is upsetting to read about the challenges our ds so clearly faces every day in black and white.
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to not fully understand this ASD assessment (and be arguing w my dh about it)
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obligations · 11/04/2019 00:11
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