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William A. West-Gale

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Hi, I'm Bill. I have known for the past few years that my nephew (whom I raised from age 4) has had latent autism. He was a happy young boy when he was very young. Joyful, affectionate. He also has a learning disability. I have tried twice in the last 3 years to get my him into the a Regional Center here in California, which would help him with so many of the things I do for him now, and more. I have always been concerned that if/when something happens to me he could be lost and wind up on the street.

He was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia at 18, but started showing signs of autism before he started hearing voices. The Regional Center says his IQ is a bit too high and that his diagnosis of being on the Spectrum in TWO Vineland tests is strictly due to his schizophrenia since he didn't show signs before his diagnosis (though I know he did show some milder signs much earlier than that) and not true Autism. I found an article in the Scientific American that indicates that it could be the same gene that causes both. His mediation appeal to the Regional Center is this Tuesday (though I may ask for a postponement).

I am looking for anything documented by experts that would help me establish that latent autism does exist (and is true autism), and also ASD diagnosis cannot be solely in cause by the schizophrenia. Thanks.
 
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Hi & Welcome,
This is mainly a forum for aspies and people who know aspies. Some are quite knowledgeble but the questions you ask may get more response on a forum that contains doctors, mental health professionals etc.
 
My husband has autism and was previously misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. If you are seeking advice on how to better treat your nephew, issues that arise, hesitations you have about the mental health system, etc...I can offer my two cents.
 
Welcome, @William A. West-Gale. I concur with my colleague @Tom that a mental health forum might be better suited for complex questions such as the one you presented. Don't get me wrong — we are very opinionated around here and more than willing to express almost everything we know about almost anything.

Here's something to consider that might send you deeper down the rabbit hole (you should have taken the blue pill, Neo): a psychiatrist recently suggested that schizophrenia, as a mental disease, does not exist and proposes that the term be abolished. He argues that, like autism, schizophrenia exists on a spectrum. It is a psychosis spectrum disorder and can have positive outcomes!
 
One thing before autism was diagnosed as much as it is now
People on the autism spectrum were diagnosed with schizophrenia,it was very common !you would need to find a psychologist who deals with people on the autism spectrum very often to know for definite that its autism,i'm giving another example about another disease ,my mother had Lou Gehrig's disease and we only ever knew one example an actor, we had no idea how it presented or what you would expect when you were diagnosed ,that was 20 years ago ,I live in the UK and still doctors don't know about motor neurone disease or Lou Gehrig's disease as it's known in the USA,obviously neuro typical therapists as it's not always a psychologist who diagnoses in the UK,still can't recognise autism ,30 some years after Lorna Wing described symptoms of high functioning autism.
 
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