Doctors and Diagnosing Autism
When a doctor first suggests that your child has autism, your immediate reaction might be disbelief and the urge to seek a second, third, or even fourth opinion. Because autism is so different in every child, it is a tricky disorder to diagnose. However, there are a few key ways in which doctors can efficiently identify autism in children, and if your infant or toddler is showing any of these signs of autism, you should visit your pediatrician immediately to express your concerns.
Ref. Childhood Autism and Asperger's Syndrome, Paul Cresswell - 2009.
In reading below I have found myself within the struggle to get adequate solutions to the problem of "Where to go?" and "What to do?" when you have found out that your children are on the Autism Spectrum. In the end, the best is your own research because there are a lot of myths out there and people who make money the center of solutions.
Clear communication can make doctor visits successful for children with autism
Doctor visits can be a challenge for patients with autism, their families and health care providers. A new report offers several steps providers and families can take to make medical visits more successful. She says that all of them require good communication between the provider and parent before, during and after medical visits. Ref. Source 8e.
Predicting autism: Study links infant brain connections to diagnoses at age two. In previous studies, researchers linked infant brain anatomy differences to autism diagnoses at age two. Now they show differences in functional connections between brain regions at 6 months to predict autism at age two. Source 3g.
Nearly imperceptible fluctuations in movement correspond to autism diagnoses. A new study provides the strongest evidence yet that nearly imperceptible changes in how people move can be used to diagnose neurodevelopmental disorders, including autism. Source 5o.