autism

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What’s in a diagnosis?

Today we got the final verdict from our 8-year-old’s paediatrician: he diagnosed Level 2 Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD). As he began filling out forms to provide to NDIS and Centrelink, I quietly rejoiced. Something is off I first noticed something was off when our firstborn was around 15 months old. […]

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