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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I'm the PP and can appreciate your frustration, but I'm not just "an educator or general by-stander with a poor understanding of what MERLD looks like." There can always be differing opinions, even among medical professionals, neuropsychologists, etc. I care deeply about children with special needs and have been evaluating them for years. [/quote]

What's your point?  It's one thing to bring up concerns about a child's behavior, it's very different to question a diagnosis.  Even if you are in the business of evaluating children, if you've not been asked to provide an opinion, you shouldn't offer one.  I also don't know how you could even offer an opinion if you haven't conducted a formal evaluation.

I'm not the poster you're responding to but I have a child with MERLD and apraxia of speech.  Like many of the others on this and other threads, I'm incredibly annoyed by others suggesting we are trying to avoid an ASD diagnosis, that my child hasn't been correctly diagnosed or that they know better than the specialists we consult and who have been involved with our kids for years.  I don't care who you are or what you think you know.  [/quote]

I have not and would not offer an opinion about a specific child unless I conducted a formal evaluation. I am not trying to evaluate your child. Just as all the other posters, including you, I do have every right to offer an opinion about DCUM thread topics, such as ASD characteristics.[/quote]

You're not hearing what we're saying.  We agree there are many symptoms common to disorders such as ASD, ADHD, MERLD, etc.  But, it's frustrating and annoying when people opine that our kids don't actually have the disorders they've been diagnosed with and that we concur with.  Yes, you can offer you're opinion but it's not welcome and is alienating.[/quote]

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