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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Diagnostic substitution explains a lot of the autism "epidemic." We were told my son had autism when he actually had a language disorder and intellectual disability.[/quote] Yes, it's certainly multifactorial. Something that hasn't been discussed yet is it went from a diagnosis that was: 1. Heavily stigmatized 2. Had no effective interventions 3. Was not supported with any sort of financial scaffolding whatsoever 4. Essentially was a condemnation of your parenting (remember "refrigerator mothers?") To something with: 1. Less stigma than previously 2. Proven Early Intervention improvement in outcome 3. Comes with supports including (but certainly not limited to) disability support 4. Is understood not to be primarily driven by parenting faults [/quote]
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