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"I" never said they were unrelated. There is more than one person on this thread. And anyway, those gene studies are so speculative that they are very far from being useful for the issues we all face. Psychiatric diagnoses are based on clusters of symptoms, not on underlying causes, which are still far from being understood. In some cases the symptoms might cross-cut diagnoses, of course. But we are far from being able to throw out the diagnostic categories in use. And even if we were we are so far from anything like gene therapy (assuming that the conditions share a genetic cause) that treatment would still be based on the symptoms for a long, long time. [/quote]

Not the PP here.  Yes but there is considerable evidence that ASD and language disorders are related (though not the same thing), and where symptoms do overlap, then the same treatments are indicated.  There seems to be some resistance to or misunderstanding of this issue by some on this thread.[/quote]

There is no true evidence.  There may be studies but studies are just looking at a population and comparing those people.  There is no blood test, no genetic test, no MRI/Xray/Cat scan that can show any proof of what it is and if they are related.  Medicine is not that advanced.

Both sets of kids can get speech therapy, but if an ASD child has pragmatic issues, it will look very different from a child who has receptive and expressive issues.  ABA is for ASD, not MERLD or language disorders.  You cannot get ABA for MERLD.  OT may be similar but would be different if a child had significant receptive delays which impact overall functioning.[/quote]

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