To do or not to do the skin prick test..

Thanks for your input, you echo my thoughts exactly, my dh was the one who took him to the allergy Doc. who is recommended by the PhD we're currently seeing,We're looking into dietary intervention such as the gfcf diet, I'm a little skeptical about it, because my ds is manageable, meaning, he doesn't have a very disruptive behavior,I haven't started doing the diet bec. of my skepticism, I don't want to do anything drastic in his diet untill I find out if it will benefit him at all,it will be a very traumatic experience not only for him but for me also.we decided to do the testings first to rule it out, we still haven't got the results, we will find-out the same time as when they do the skin prick testing-that is if we decide to do it. I have done a lot of reading about autism myself, and haven't read about doing the environmental allergy testing, like I said what does that have to do with Autism? I agree with what Barb Kirby, and Pat (author's of Oasis guide to Asperger's syndrome)that the people who recommends it,are the ones who benefited from it, and in case of Doctor's-the one's who practices it.I also read a book forgot the title, that I should be leery or watchful for Providers who orders unecessary test. this testing is one of them.we're looking at $60.00 per dilusion on those skin prick test, so if they do 10 of them, that'll be like $600.00 + Doctor's follow-up fee, this is if my ins. don't help cover them.I read about skin prick testing too, that it could be for almost just about any kind of testing, but when I asked the nurse at the allergy clinic, if there will be a food allergy test to be done, she said none.My dh, never ??? the Doc., I regret not going with them, if I did, I will question everything.But I did manage to squeeze some info. from the nurse when I called them, my dh did call them too, and they gave him the run-around.they did the bloodwork for food allergies, and stool for antibodies, Iga), it still cost us $375.00 with some ins. coverage applied.

By the way, we also took my ds to a Developmental Ped.and his Dx is HFA,and since my ds already is receiving the services from the school district it's just like a follow-up or second opinion, he did say that Dietary intervention is still experimental, and investigational and din't even recommend it.He and the social worker basically said that we keep doing what we're doing, and that they'll see him again in 3 years, and that with proper help and intervention which we're already doing he'll be just fine.

TIA,

C.