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[quote=Anonymous]I'm the PP who wrote that he didn't tell parents the diagnosis and that is absolutely the truth.  It wasn't because he didn't want to hurt their feelings, it was because he felt they would lower their expectations for their child's development.  Greenspan was an optimist and felt floortime could change the course of a child's development.  I think he was a visionary and floortime did an enormous amount to help my DC who has an ASD.

Greenspan did change his approach to diagnosing ASDs later in life -- though I think he still had a reluctance.  Perhaps because my DC is a teenager I remember the older days and there is no question that he had an aversion.  His influence over therapists in this region is great, and mostly positive.  A lot of speech therapists and OTs use floortime, and I think thats great.  But you will also often hear the line from therapists that "the diagnosis doesn't matter.  What matters is the therapy."  That is pure Greenspan and I strongly disagree.  I think this reenforces the reluctance to address ASDs like any other medical diagnosis and perpetuates the shame.

Greenspan did not lack for ego and I don't doubt that he questioned the diagnosis of other clinicians.  But it is also true that even later in life when he would use the "A" word with parents, that he misdiagnosed kids who absolutely did have ASDs.  As I said, the man was a visionary.  But his approach to diagnoses left much to be desired.[/quote]

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