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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Have you actually read what the CDC says about why they made the changes?

Because it has nothing to do with masking.  It has to do with turning the milestones into a useful tool for pediatricians to use to identify children to refer to possible intervention, so they moved the milestones from the median to the 25th percentile, since a tool that identifies 59% of kids is clearly not helpful.[/quote]

I think it was a bad move to change it. I don’t think too many people qualified before. If anything - not enough are able to early intervention. [/quote]

Perspective from a mom of 3 kids, 2 were late talkers, AND 1 child who has ASD/Language disorder:

This was absolutely the right move and was a long time coming (yes, before the pandemic). People look at milestone lists and don't really understand what they are saying (some lists mark what 50% of children are doing, others what 75% are doing at this age, others what 90% of children are doing at this age).  This leads to great confusion as to which missed milestones are "yellow flags" and which are "red flags," and when it's actually a problem that requires intensive early intervention and which can be simply monitored. [/quote]

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