<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3298cea6-2288-4d88-9388-c160e2bfa60a/A54B6BB3-461E-47F0-9A68-9F811FB4711B/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~cns/diagnosis.html" href="http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~cns/diagnosis.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.users.dircon.co.uk</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~cns/diagnosis.html"><P> Because those people with HFA/AS who get to university are among the most high-functioning and able on the autistic spectrum, they are also the most likely to slip through the diagnostic net. Although many are diagnosed as children, others reach university un-diagnosed or mis-diagnosed.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~cns/diagnosis.html"><P> The key to getting an accurate diagnosis is finding a clinician who actually has experience diagnosing adults with high-functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome (someone whose only experience is with "low-functioning" autism, or only with children, may be unhelpful). Unfortunately, this is easier said than done.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~cns/diagnosis.html"><P> It may also be useful to look at the page of <A href="http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~cns/cousins.html">Associated Conditions</A> which describes conditions which can co-exist with HFA/AS, or which are sometimes diagnostically confused with HFA/AS. In some cases, people with HFA/AS get misdiagnosed with one of these, and presumably some people with these conditions get mistakenly diagnosed with HFA/AS. </P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/A54B6BB3-461E-47F0-9A68-9F811FB4711B/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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