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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well this twit doesn't know what he's talking about diagnoses of "Mixed Receptive-Expressive Language Disorder, a Communication Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, and a Developmental Coordination Disorder, and an Adjustment Disorder" are not necessarily "milder" and can need as much intervention and have long term consequences as ASD.  [b]Much easier to get insurance coverage with an ASD diagnosis.[/b]

[b]Also, he's obviously not keeping up with the latest literature b/c MERLD and NOS are out of the current DSM, so his book is already out of date[/b].

I'm also sick to death of the autism stigma.  A child who presents with many autistic traits when young and gets that diagnosis should get the help they need instead of parents who balk at the diagnosis.[/quote]

In our MERLD Facebook groups, we have new parents coming in every almost day with the MERLD diagnosis. It's still widely being given out and it remains in the diagnosing codes for another year or two even if the DSM 5 put it all under Language Disorder. It's too bad they got rid of MERLD; it's such an exact descriptor for so many kids.

Also, I would say about 90-95 percent of the kids in our groups grow out of MERLD and learn coping skills to deal with the disorder. Many of our kids' receptive language comes in much later than typical kids, and once their receptive catches up, their autistic traits disappear. But when they are young, they have a lot of similar behavior tendencies and get misdiagnosed frequently.

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