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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow - I was always under the impression the schools were more conservative in labeling because they didn't want to offer services because of funding constraints. So you often have to fight against diagnosis from them that may not be accurate. interesting.[/quote]

More ASD Diagnoses = More $$ for the school from the county

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Schools do not diagnose.  It is an education label under IDEA.  There are 14 of them including ASD, OHI, etc. to get an IEP.   the schools try to match the 100s of possible medical diagnosis to the closet education label that will provide the types of services the students needs.

100s of diagnosis to 14 education labels... Very few are going to get an exact match.[/quote]

In my experience, many parents whose children have been "labeled" ASD by the school system believe it is a diagnosis, because their child has been evaluated by the school team that consists of alleged experts. Often, the don't have thousands for an outside evaluation, because they immediately are plunged into trying to get therapy to get their child "caught up."  Our school psychologists made a big point of saying they felt they had a right to diagnose my child as ASD, even though they couldn't even tell me the current DSM symptoms for it!

ASD is the diagnosis in the spotlight these days, so that's the label kids get shoved into.

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