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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]If somebody is shopping around for a formal diagnosis that does not exist in the DSM-V, why is it offensive and inappropriate to point that?
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You are making assumptions that I am not sure you are in a position to make. In any case, such posts have disrupted many threads without yielding any observable benefit. Please refrain from posting them.
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Whether or not something exists (or does not exist) as a diagnosis in the DSM-5 is not an assumption.  It’s a fact.

I’m a long-time consumer of this board as a source of information.  If you censor factual information I’m not sure that does a great service.

But it’s your board and you set the rules.[/quote]
 
Whether someone is "shopping around for a diagnosis" could only be an assumption unless the poster specifically told you that's what they are doing. I think parents deserve the benefit of the doubt that they are trying to do the best for their children. Similarly, forum moderators who have long track records of maintaining popular forums should not cavalierly be accused of censorship. You may want to give a bit more thought to your language choices.
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Case in point.  Somebody recently began a thread titled “auditory processing disorder,” and in the very first line of her thread she said she was seeking somebody who could test/diagnose auditory processing disorder.

Fact one: That person was seeking somebody who could test for/diagnose auditory processing disorder.  She said so explicitly in the beginning of the post.

Fact two: Auditory Processing Disorder is NOT a diagnosis in the DSM-V.

Fact three: You removed my posting that noted APD is not a diagnosis.

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but how did you "note" that? aggressively, or in a helpful way? [/quote]

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