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  A study like that doesn't surprise me, unfortunately. Too many people don't do enough research to get the specific help the children need.  Luckily, in the MERLD groups I'm involved in, most of the children are progressing well.

[b]Autism is a severe lifelong developmental disorder. Most do not marry nor hold jobs. [/b]MERLD is something different, although with plenty of its own challenges.

Now, lots of kids today are being called "ASD" -- but they are not truly autistic. Instead, the have a mixture of challenges that a sloppy system lops together as ASD.

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Autism can be severe or it can be mild.  It varies widely.  The apparent increase in people with ASDs is largely due to treaters recognizing more cases taht are mild and providing help for those kids.  That's a good thing because more people are getting help.

Please stop spreading stigma and stereotypes about what it means to have an ASD. 
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The poster above you sounds just like the poster who kept insisting my kid with ASD/Asperger's cannot have ASD/Asperger's b/c they didn't have enough issues/problems.  My kid doesn't have academic issues or problematic behaviors and has always attended a mainstream school.  He has two cousins who were diagnosed last year with ASD/Asperger's living in another state who are exactly the same.  They all were diagnosed with ASD at their school's suggestion with full neuropsych evals.

My son and nephews are all pretty much like their fathers, my husband and brother, who are both ivy educated, married professionals with careers (NOT in STEM!)

For whatever reason, this person is very invested in believing ASD is only ASD if the it's only at the severe end of the spectrum.  Not sure why since they don't have a kid with ASD...[/quote]

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