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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And the results were quite interesting!

I  did this because of the Sparks study on the 4 autism types. I couldn't tell where my son would land in these.

So I put in all his test results and symptoms , and it came up... not autism.

Which we have always thought, but the school system has always disagreed.

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The Sparks study is on kids diagnosed through a medical model.  The educational diagnosis of autism is completely separate.  It has different criteria.  [/quote]

But why should it be different? That sends a lot of people down the wrong path.[/quote]

I didn’t say it should or shouldn’t be different.  I said it is different.  The eligibility categories under IDEA are defined by federal and state law.  Because there are only a handful of categories they are written to be broad enough that children who need help receive it, and therefore do not align exactly with medical diagnoses.  [/quote]

The truth is there ARE plenty of other designations besides ASD in the IDEA but autism has become the go to.

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There are 12 other categories, or 13 if you include developmental delay.  There are over 300 diagnoses in the DSM alone, plus of course, students can qualify for conditions that aren't in the DSM.

Other IDEA categories also cover broad groups of children.  I've had two kids qualified under OHI.  One was ventilator dependent, and profoundly physically disabled. The other has ADHD.

All the categories are broad. The Autism category under IDEA is also broader than the DSM category.  [/quote]

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