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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't anyone can make the credible argument that doing nothing is the right approach when the majority of children will benefit.  It would be one thing if we could determine which will not, but we can't.  We give chemo to cancer patients who would be fine without it because we don't know which have micrometastasis and which don't.  the downsides of not treating are far greater than the downsides of possibly overtreating.

Why would anyone put a child with an expressive language delay through ABA?  That doesn't make sense unless the child has an ASD.[/quote]

Because they've been told their child has autism and they are desperate for a cure. Or they don't understand their child just has an expressive delay, and they think ABA will be a cure.[/quote]

I'm really curious why you are so obsessed with this idea that there are legions of children out there with expressive language delays being diagnosed with autism.  I just don't se it.  ASDs involve far more than language delays and I've never seen a child diagnosed when that was the sole issue.  I have never, ever heard of a child who was misdiagnosed with an ASD and did ABA by mistake.  ABA is not an easy thing to access or implement and generally the kids who are more severely affected are the ones who get it.  Has there ever been a child who only had a speech delay but received ABA?  Maybe, who knows?  but if so it is a real rarity.  Why are you so obsessed with this?  What exactly is going on with your child that you have to harp on the idea that others are being misdiagnosed?[/quote]

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