u/Wise-Professional-58

I live in Michigan and I get around $1,500 a month in survivors benefits. Why am I still getting QMB when my monthly income surpasses the $1,350?

My ADOS-2 Module 4 score was:

Communication: 3

Reciprocal Social Interaction: 9

Total score: 9

The report says the ADOS 2 results were above the threshold for autism spectrum disorder. It also says my CARS. 2 score was 37, which fell in the severe level of autism symptoms category. My SCQ L parent report was 29, and the cutoff was 15. My SRS 2 scores were mostly in the severe range too, especially social cognition, social communication, social motivation, and restricted/repetitive behaviours.

My final diagnosis was

F84.0 Autism spectrum disorder, with accompanying intellectual and language impairment; Level 2 requiring substantial support for social communication and Level 1 requiring support for restricted interests repetitive behaviours.

I’m confused because I’ve seen people say an ADOS score of 9 can be below the cutoff depending on the module/scoring, but my report specifically says my result was above the ASD threshold. So I’m guessing maybe different scoring systems algorithms interpret the 9 differently?

The autism part honestly makes sense to me. My old IEPs look very autism like. speech slash language impairment, social communication issues, needing prompting, trouble with eye contact, solitary slash parallel play, sensory stuff, and difficulty with reciprocal conversation. I was just never officially labeled autistic back then.

I’m mostly trying to understand how to explain my level. Am I considered Level 2 or Level 1? The report says Level 2 for social communication and Level 1 for restricted Slash repetitive behaviours, so would it be accurate to say I’m “ASD Level 2 for social communication and Level 1 for RRBs”?

Also, they mention intellectual and language impairment, but they did not give me a full scale IQ in the report. Some scores were average, some were low average, and some were very low. It feels more like a spiky profile than being low across the board.

Just trying to make sense of it because finally having the autism label feels validating, but the scoring and wording is confusing to me