Doctor refusing to diagnose
I was wondering if anyone can look at these results and tell me what they mean. Google gives me all different answers. My daughter's doctors office looked at them and said it shows autism but the doc who did the test is absolutely refusing to give the diagnosis because she had a score of 0 in repetitive during the test. The dr was even the one who brought up that my daughter is probably good at masking them at this point (she's 12). She also kept putting words in my mouth and saying things that were absolutely incorrect (like insisting my daughter no longer has sensory issues and she grew out of them when that is not true). She told me my daughter does not have severe autism. I'm just really confused because not severe does not mean no autism. She also kept bringing up that my daughter didn't have developmental delays and only had 1 regression which was potty training. I have offered for the dr to talk to her teachers or to record videos of her at home where she does pace around our house repeating certain phrases and words, and she just told me it doesn't matter and she will not change her diagnosis. I really want her to be able to get into more effective therapy, she is struggling socially and as she gets older social situations are getting harder for her. The dr kept telling me her scores are from anxiety. I tried explaining that her social anxiety has progressively gotten worse as she's gotten older and I truly believe it is because she struggles so much to fit in. I have had her in regular therapy since 3rd grade, she is on her 3rd therapist now and this one was specifically recommended by her last therapist to help with social problems but it just gets worse every year. She is so withdrawn in any social situation. She even clams up around her aunts and uncles and all but 1 grandparent. The doctor also kept repeating that she ONLY has social problems. That bothered me because the social issue is primarily what made me decide to pursue a diagnosis but she definitely has other symptoms. The other symptoms in my eyes aren't a problem, she's amazing and quirky but it breaks my heart to watch her give up on making friends. It's gotten to the point that she just tells me she doesn't like any of the kids at school but I see how her hopes get up every time a kid makes an effort with her. They usually end up giving up on trying to become her friend when she does not reciprocate the effort. She is not like this at home, she is fun and funny and silly but nobody else sees it because of how shy she is. Sorry I feel like I wrote a whole book, but I really don't know what to do to help her and I could use some advice. Would it be worth pursuing a 2nd opinion? I honestly can't imagine her performing any differently on this particular test no matter how many times she repeats it because she will never be herself in front of a stranger. They really got my hopes up when they told me they have a group therapy in our area to help kids with autism work on navigating social situations. I do want to be clear I'm not asking for a diagnosis but I would like to know if this is something I should keep pursuing based on these results, and any advice on how to go about doing that. I don't think her insurance will be willing to pay for retesting but I'm not sure.