Autism is a dirty word at some private schools?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can I ask which FCPS your child is miserable at? We will be going the public school route most likely. Thanks!!

Also, it seems whenever autism comes up there are some people who get fisty. I totally get what the person meant about spotting challenges that look a lot like ASD and I was not the least bit offended. Also, to the poster who said it's not autism if you lose the label...according the the most recent research a large percentage of kids are indeed losing the label with enough intervention.

do you have links for such research? There is a big difference between autistic kids being able to compensate and hence not paralyzed by their diagnosis and them actually losing the diagnosis overall. My son can compensate quite a bit and has normal cognitive functioning but I doubt he will ever just lose the label. Everyone who knows him is very aware that the right form of intervention is key to his ability to function.

I could imagine that he may not need to tell everyone later in life that he is autistic but some of the very typical behaviors remain present regardless of the high level of intervention. Maybe that's just how my kid is, but I have to agree with the PP that a true autistic kid probably rarely just loses the label alltogether.

[Anonymous]

Check out www.theautismnews.com. I think it might be Aug 19. The article is about the increased number of kids getting the diagnosis, but it also mentions a lot of kids losing the dx. I don't think losing means a cure, it just means the child no longer fits criteria.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Check out www.theautismnews.com. I think it might be Aug 19. The article is about the increased number of kids getting the diagnosis, but it also mentions a lot of kids losing the dx. I don't think losing means a cure, it just means the child no longer fits criteria.

I'm sorry? This doesn't make sense. Children who genuinely are autistic do not at some point "no longer fit criteria." Autism is black or white - you have it or you don't, and if you do you will have it for the rest of your life. If you don't, then it didn't go away. You never had it to begin with. It really is that straightforward.

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I agree that nobody can lose an autism diagnosis. I say this with a child who doesn't have autism but has quirks and has sensory issues. We spoke to Dr. Stanley Greenspan and from what I learned, it's a lifelong condition. It will always need to be addressed throughout life here and there even when many symptoms disappear sometimes.

Kids with regulatory issues may show quirks but the core trait they have that autistic kids do not have is they have the ability to form attachments and have intimate relationships with people - teachers, parents, friends. Autistic kids will always always have a harder time with this.

This is a huge difference, despite how many quirks you may see in other children.