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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Claims early intervention and ABA cured her son. Most likely, he never had it anyway. But she was lucky to have money to throw at his issues.

http://blackdoctor.org/505945/wow-toni-braxton-reveals-son-no-longer-has-autism/

Home » Health Conditions » Brain and Nervous System » WOW! Toni Braxton Reveals Son No Longer Has Autism

Award-winning singer Toni Braxton just revealed that her youngest son who was diagnosed as autistic at age two, has been cured of the condition.

In a recent sit down with “Access Hollywood,” she shared that now, her youngest son Diezel, who is 13-years-old, is no longer on the autism spectrum.

“My youngest son— everyone knows— my son Diezel suffers from—or I should say suffered from Autism,” explains Braxton. “I am one of the lucky parents. Early diagnosis changes everything. I will tell you this. I will shout it from the rooftops. My son Diezel is off the spectrum. Off the spectrum being autistic. Susan Wright, who unfortunately just passed from Autism Speaks, when she found out about my son and I she called me immediately and said ‘Get him in this program. Do this, do that.’ She’s been an advocate in helping me so much. I miss her already. I mean, I can’t believe she’s gone.”[/quote]

OP you need to understand that the diagnostic criteria for labeling/diagnosing someone on the Autism Spectrum is always changing - it widens then narrows then widens again.  What really matters is that her son is well-adjusted, functioning person now!  Good for her, good for him - and I think she should be congratulated for shouting out that EARLY INTERVENTION IS EVERYTHING!

That is the real take-away message of what she said - Early Intervention makes a lot of difference.  And she didn't say cure by the way, she said "off the spectrum". [/quote]

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