How do you tell your child he has aspergers?

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I have a 6 1/2 year old that is going for a consult later this month.

I'm pretty sure he has aspergers. He has been diagnosed with a

speech delay since 3. Recently diagnosed with developmental delay as

well. He has always had some autistic characteristics but never got a

dx. He has progressively gotten worse is several areas. So I

requested an assessment in order to make sure he's getting all the

services he needs.

My 4 year old dd was diagnosed with autism at 18mos. So my ds is

aware of what autism is. Kind of. We have a DAN! dr. and are doing

various biomedical treatments for dd. When I try to give ds anything

I'm giving dd " for her autism " he gets upset and says " I don't have

the autism! " .

My question is, if he does in fact get a dx, how do I explain it to

him? He asked why he is going to see a doctor so I said, " You know

how you get services for speech? Well, I want to make sure you still

need them or if you need any other services. " He just said " Oh. " and

that was that.

Any advice?? Thanks in advance.