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[quote=Anonymous]Summary of what I understand to be the new rules:

- When a poster makes clear that they are not interested in debating the diagnosis, don't debate it
- Never berate a poster insisting that they are wrong about the diagnosis
- Don't engage in repetitive, aggressive argumentation - this includes insisting that people are in denial about autism, or insisting that nothing is autism
- Don't derail the OP by getting on your hobby horse
- It's still ok to suggest possible diagnoses/assessments, as long as all the above are observed
- If you try, it's actually not hard to know when you're being helpful to the OP, and when you're derailing.
- Start your own thread to discuss your hobby horse.

My observation is that there are more than one kind of OP here. Many OPs have very open-ended situations and questions.  That may be the time to suggest screenings for autism, ADHD, dyslexia, etc.  Other OPs are asking much more specific questions and have moved past the need to talk about assessment & diagnoses.  [/quote]

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