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[quote=Anonymous]The more I read about ASD to try to understand it, the less it sounds like a specific disorder, to me it sounds like any unexplained developmental issue is being lumped into an umbrella term for lack of better explanation.

How is it that:
- No two people with ASD are alike. (I hear this alll the time)
- May have 1 or all of these flags and symptoms  and behaviors vary soooo much.
- Different level of severity.

To me it just sounds like we do not have enough information about develompental disorders and they lumped it all together. I don’t believe ASD is a good diagnosis as it doesn’t really cover a single condition but a wide range of possible conditions. I get that’s it’s a “spectrum” but it varies so much that it doesn’t seem related. How can two vastly different children have the same digonsis? How is it even helpful if the conditions and treatments and outcomes and issues are so different. I think it would be more beneficial to have separate criteria and names/diagnosis for specific issues vs this umbrella term.

I am frustrated because the more I try to learn about it the less I understand or are able to get specific information on how it applies to my son. I find the label he was given rather useless as it doesn’t really point me in the right direction.  I think more specific breakdowns would be helpful... it’s a social issue, a sensory issue, a language issue or whatever vs it’s ASD which can mean anything.

Does what I am saying even make sense? [/quote]

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