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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, in some ways a developmental delay is a developmental delay.  At the end of the day, it doesn't matter is your kid is ASD or has a expressive speech delay--they both will need speech therapy.  So it won't really matter if by age 7 the kid doesn't need therapy any longer.

You seem to think people drag their kids to therapy like it's a hideous Jon-Bennet Ramsey style beauty pageant and the parents are just looking for something to do with their spare time.  What is really tragic is that we don't have universal health care so parents don't have to go broke or go without just trying to help their kid survive in life.

And of course the science isn't there yet.  We don't have a cure for cancer and researchers have been working on that one a lot longer than the reasons and treatment of autism.  It wasn't that long ago that most kids exhibiting autistic behaviors would have been dumped in institutions to sit in their own feces for the rest of their lives.  So really what is your point?[/quote]

Actually, it makes ALL the difference if your child has an ASD vs. an expressive language delay.  Therapies designed for autism can be a terrible setback to a child with another type of language issue. All the underlying assumptions are wrong.

And do you really think it's a good idea to spend 200 grand on a child with an expressive language delay, putting them into ABA treatment? More than half of children with expressive delays will catch up without any treatment by the time they hit K.

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