Autism

Testing isn’t used to diagnose Autism but to diagnose and medically manage the medical aspects of Autism. Often time autistic like behaviour is coming from medical concerns. The following behaviours have medical concerns that effects severity of the behaviour and then may be able to be medically dialed down or medically treated.

Such behaviours that have medical mechanisms behind them include:

• Hyperactivity
• Jumping
• Eye contact
• Regression
• Off in their own world
• Missed milestones
• Late speech/no speech
• Fine motor control
• Oral sensory and texture issues
• Digestive issues
• Sensory meltdowns/tantrums
• Slow processing
• Lining up items
• Spinning
• Repetitive behaviour