Melody

There are quite a few disabilities that are like AS. And its very hard
to prove the differences. Its very hard especially in personality disorders,
and in behavioural disorders to know the difference.

It can go either way in many cases I hate to say. I have a case were
the young man will graduate next year I believe that if they hadn't made
the diagnosis of a behavioural disorder first, then many years later AS he
would be much more ready to graduate.

I also had a case that the young man graduated today. He almost ended
up in a Center for Autistic children in 8th grade because he had finally
been diagnosed a couple of months earlier, but already had been diagnosed
for years as a behaviour and cognitive disorder. So when he got in trouble
with the court the probation officer thought she knew more than the
school.

So she was going to recommend that they send him to a residential school.
Which was not the right placement. Don't get me wrong, its a fantastic
school, just he wasn't severe enough to need the program.
And there wasn't a reason to make his parents pay for it.

He just needed some time to adjust to his second diagnosis.

Donna