god i dont know what to think now!

[Chundle]

Ok dd2 (2.3) had paed today and I'm left feeling a bit gobsmaxked really! We were discharged from cdc by the clinical pyschologists who said dd was too intelligent to attend and there was no way dd could have any form of autism as she was too communicative too switched on and too intelligent!
Pead today has said we never should have been discharged as she wasn't coping with the nursery groups at cdc so obviously still had issues and that high itelligence can mask issues and that he wants her assessed for asd!!
Is it normal for 2 professionals to have such differing views? I'm not confident being referred back to somewhere we were discharged from especially to where a pysch with such strong views will no doubt be part of assessment team!
Could be interesting though as paed is also part of assessment team!

bochead

I was chatting with the APD consultant at GOSH the other week, and he mentioned that two years ago he was carrying out 2 APD assessment per month, and now he is carrying out 5 a day. and the waiting list is increasing due to a high increase in demand.
APDUK has been campaigning for more APD assessment centres around the UK for many years now. The problem is the cost of installation of the sound proof booths, and training the required local multi - discipline teams.

So we have to prove that there is an increased demand for this type of assessment, and the more local or regional assessment centres are desperately needed.