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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Here is a summary of the study.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190312075923.htm

Three of the ASD-diagnosed children "outgrew" the diagnosis entirely while the other 35 had other diagnoses instead (language or learning diabillities, ADHD, anxiety, etc.).  [/quote]

38 out of the entire study population of 569.

And, most likely, the interventions those 38 got were not inappropriate or even really different than they would have gotten for ADHD, anxiety or LD.

Also important to note that supports (done correctly) aren't really static.  So as long as the kid gets the IEP/early intervention and a good team of service providers, the important thing is to be monitoring the interventions and seeing what works.  For example, with my DS it became pretty clear early on that he had no LD and would not need academic supports.  The fact that a SMALL subset of kids evolved in their diagnosis doesn't doesn't seem like a huge failure in the system to me, honestly.  [/quote]

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