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OP, I have a kid with MERLD in a small classroom with a hand-flapping Aspie for two years. He never copied these behaviors ever. So maybe it's not's just MERLD with your kid.

Your argument about somehow to not have ASD mixed in with your MERLD kid sounds like the kind of argument that people used against desegregation of schools and gays serving in the military. You have a lot of prejudices towards people on the spectrum and parents of NT kids are probably judging your kid with the same skewed perspective.

So get a life and stop worrying about "rampant over diagnosis" of autism and be more concerned with the rampant prejudices in your heart and mind.

Well said. Thank you.

Another Bravo or Brava! Well said.

Parent of a child on the spectrum here. I have met parents of MERLD kids who are down to earth people in tune with their kiddo's needs and accepting of all. There seem to be 2 or 3 or maybe just 1 MERLD parent on her with a major chip on her/his shoulder. This person shows up on every thread where MERLD and ASD appear and she/he has such rigid thinking she/he cannot comprehend that kids with autism present in a variety of ways. When you diagnose from the DSM a child doesn't need EVERY symptom, just a certain number and degrees vary. This same person seems be a concrete all or nothing thinker shows a complete lack of empathy in responses on DCUM. I suspect this person has dreams where the autism boogyman chases her/him down chanting "Your child is autistic." Sometimes the most bigoted people are the ones who share some of the traits of those they hate. [/quote]

I'm a MERLD parent and I agree with you.  She is not representative of the other MERLD parents I know.[/quote]

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