CARS-2 Scoring

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Background- our son has autism, it is very present, and we have had his pediatrician look at his first evaluation and she confirmed that he should have had a diagnosis at that time, along with some other autism specialists we have reached out to. Unfortunately, the new developmental specialist we are seeing is just not having it. I requested his medical records because she never sent them like she said she would and while reviewing them, I was wondering about his CARS-2 score. He is 3.5 (4 in December). His T Score is 33 and Percentile is 5. It states on there that above a 30 is in the autistic range and that this was observed during the first appointment. He had an appointment last week and while I was advocating, she said there is zero indication of any level of autism (we believe he is only at a level 1 as do the other professionals we have discussed this with and shared past evaluations with). Am I crazy or should he have got the level 1 diagnosis? Or can someone better explain this to me? We are very new at this medical side of things, and I want to make sure I am advocating for him fully with all the information.