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[quote=Anonymous]First of all, OP isn't talking about OCD, that was brought up by a subsequent post.  Second, no one here -- I WILL SAY THIS LOUDLY NOW -- is saying that this isn't a behavior problem, that the parents couldn't do better, and that they haven't dropped the ball here.  OK, go back and read the posts, we all agree about that.  but it is also true that a child can have a developmental disorder AND behavior problems and that the former both increase the latter and make it more difficult to address.  I feel like a broken record here.  I don't know what your child's issues are, but I have a child with an ASD and we have worked very, very hard to address certain behaviors.  We have done so, OP should do so, but it isn't easy.  I don't think you have any idea.

Also, you clearly know NOTHING about OCD.  NOTHING.  It is not a disorder of behavior, that is only the outward manifestation.  It is a chemical disorder of the brain that affects cognition, perception, and mostly intrusive thoughts.  People with OCD do not attack people, do not engage in sexual assault and it is highly, highly insulting for you to put out there that these behaviors are associated with the disorder.  People with OCD engage in ritualized behaviors, repetitive type behaviors.  And they cannot be controlled.  Or rather, if the behaviors are somehow stymied, the intrusive thoughts become overwhelming.  I have written this over and over again and I don't think you are reading my posts.

Maybe you are saying that if someone has OCD and just happens to be a sexual predator, we shouldn't excuse the criminal behavior.  Well, DUH!  Nobody would disagree with that.  But the predatory behavior would have nothing to do with the OCD and this certainly has nothing to do with what anyone has posted here.

You are making very reductionist arguments about what others are posting, distorting what we are saying, and completely misunderstanding the nature of both OCD and ASDs.  I can pretty much conclude that your child has neither of these disorders because of the ignorance you display.  Go back and reread the posts before you distort what we are saying.[/quote]

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