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How much of a role does your pediatrician play in guidance and management of your child's autism orsten to any of my concerns and really doesn't know much about autism. He basically said where my daughter was diagnosed should guide me through the management of her autism. He basically treats my children (even my neurotypically children) like they are on the next person on line at the grocery store. He doesn't remember us or even any of the referrals he wrote,hence why I looking for another… read more
If I had to do it all again (my son is now 14), I would have looked for a biomedical autism specialist sooner (we did not start biomed until my son was 8, but it has helped him tremendously). We love our regular pediatrician, but it took a special effort on our part to find a doc who is trained in integrative medicine (my definition of this would be a doc who uses supplements and diet in addition to meds as needed). I would second the notion of searching for a MAPS doc in your area (you can google it). Good luck!
I don't use a pediatrician. I never have. I have a family doc that treats us all. He's amazing. All I had to do was mention I thought Will had autism and he set me up with early intervention services which got him his speech eval, ot eval, and psych eval that lead to a diagnosis. All I have to do is tell him I think Will needs a referral for anything and ive got it. Find a doc you trust and will work with you.
Our regular pediatrician only addresses minor issues. Clueless and not interested about autism treatments. Just smiles and gives vague suggestions. I spoke to another autism classmate's parent who likes her pediatrician so I may switch.
We're getting starting with The Marcus Institute (Atlanta) in a few weeks. FINALLY!
We've seen a naturopath and implement biomedical treatments, but I'm hoping to see @A MyAutismTeam Member s biomed Doctor in Chicago. Pretty excited
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ASD is so new in its statistical growth and diagnosis that many doctors think only the most severe cases are actual autism. My little guy is very affectionate so doctors guaranteed he was not on the spectrum. We took him to be diagnosed due to extreme speech delays and it was obvious to everyone. remember 20-30 years ago this was an extremely rare thing and now it's quite common.
Our Pediatrician only raised concern when she failed the hearing and vision tests when she went for her exam. Not because she couldn't hear or see, but because she couldn't communicate with them that she could hear & see the letters, but she STILL didn't do a referral for therapist or testing for the spectrum. The school started most of our initiatives and getting diagnosed. I don't think it's up their alley at all.
