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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Some of us don't want to risk it.

I have nephews whose parents refused to deal with issues such as:

- obsessions with objects
- not playing with other children
- inability to have a conversation, lacking give and take
- not engaged in class, etc.

They dealt with it by redshirting.  No other interventions.  They are both extremely bright but have relatively poor social skills and are doing ok:  The 7 yr old is in kindergarten and the 5 yr old is in prek.

Some parents don't want the label even if it can make their child's life easier. [/quote]

Some of us want the RIGHT label, but people are too busy cramming all kids under the autism label no matter what the true nature of their disability. This doesn't help anybody get the right help.

I know many parents who have gotten help for their children by using a more general developmental delay label that fades out at 7 or 8. Then they were caught up, and weren't caught under the weight of the autism label. [/quote]

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