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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By definition an autism diagnosis requires a serious deficit in social interactions. So it is hard to understand how a "very socially motivated" child would fit in. I do think this is part of diagnosis-creep. Interestingly, I read a Phd thesis by a sociologist who found that basically every single child evaluated by the autism center she researched was given a diagnosis - this suggests to me that there is a bias towards diagnosing once a kid gets in the "system" even if the problem is mild or something else altogether. [/quote] Maybe bc you can have "serious deficits in social interaction" and still be "very socially motivated"? Especially when they are young and haven't received a lot of social rejection yet.[/quote]
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