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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I mean, not every lump is cancer. Not every fever is the flu. But that doesn't mean the person identifying the symptom is imagining it. And it doesn't mean they are wrong to have it checked out. That's where the low-intervention parents go wrong. They're missing an opportunity to identify and treat what might be a serious problem. And then if it turns out not to be, they claim they were right all along and belittle the intervening parent. But the intervening parent was never wrong to have identified a possible issue. [/quote]

+1 similarly, sometimes people have some traits that are symptoms, but don't check all the boxes that would lead to a diagosis. Nonetheless, knowing that those traits are present can help you identify the deficits you need to work on and the therapists can yelp you do that. Example, child had sensory seeking behaviors, literal inflexible receptive language, and significant deficits in nonverbal receptive language and pragmatics (particularly turn taking in conversation and not reading the reactions of the listener). Not enough for a diagnosis. But, with OT and speech and language therapy, plus tools to work on things at home, much improvement was made in just a few years. Also, teachers and parents were made aware of it, and this lead to greater understanding and less "getting in trouble" for things they expected child should be able to do but actually needed to be taught and supported.[/quote]

This response to me is a perfect example of someone who has gone overboard on buying into SNs. There’s no diagnosis (which says a lot, because you can get a diagnosis for everything these days) yet they’re investing in four different therapies AND escalating for accommodations at school. If I were this persons spouse, we would almost certainly have a conflict about the appropriateness of this approach. [/quote]

ITA. I think you see this more these days with ADHD than autism. [/quote]

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