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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids can't "lose" an autism diagnosis. That's sort of like saying in the middle of a gestational period, that a woman is no longer pregnant. If they no longer had a diagnosis of autism, it's likely they were misdiagnosed to begin with.

Children can show very autistic like behavior but not have full blown autism.

Stupid, stupid researchers out there and doctors diagnosing our children.[/quote]

While I agree there is a lot of misdiagnosing going on, the kids in these stories were hardly borderline cases. And the researchers are respected, big name, longtime autism researchers who are at the forefront of autism study.

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Those kids had true autism and were lucky that good interventions and strong parents were able to help them be successful but they clearly still have high functioning autism and traits.  It was a nice article showing how early intervention can be a positive force and why it is worth it.  With that said, there is a lot of misdiagnosis as many things at a young age look very similar.  I don't think kids outgrow it.  You either have it or you don't and there is misdiagnosis as diagnosis are educated guesses based off of the information we see and are present rather than an exact science.  There are checklists and observations, no medical tests to prove what it is.

For some kids, it could be as simple as diet or nutritional issues but for others, we just don't know.[/quote]

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