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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Kids can't "lose" an autism diagnosis. That's sort of like saying in the middle of a gestational period, that a woman is no longer pregnant. If they no longer had a diagnosis of autism, it's likely they were misdiagnosed to begin with.

Children can show very autistic like behavior but not have full blown autism.

Stupid, stupid researchers out there and doctors diagnosing our children.[/quote]

And WHO are you PP? People figure out medical things all the time. Jeez, there is no reason to believe there will be no progress in autism. I'm glad there are people out there with open, inquisitive minds willing to work on things like this.[/quote]

Who am I? I'm a parent of an autistic child who has probably ever therapy known from the age of two on. I left my legal career to do nothing but help my child and I left no stone unturned. My child was very high functioning to begin with and, despite all efforts, we see very little difference. My husband is a doctor who sees children with ASD all the time also. I never stated there would no progress in autism, simply that progress will not be enough to take you out of the diagnosis. It will not. So fuck you for your attitude and ignorance. When you have tried every known therapy or treatment, then write on this thread. [/quote]

I'm sorry that your child did not progress enough to not lose a DX.  That doesn't mean it never happens, though. Your child is a single case study.

No one is saying that you could have cured your child if you just tried harder. It doesn't work that way.  Parents do their best and often do more than their best by sacrificing their health, their careers, and their financial stability, and what happens, happens.

I appreciate that your husband is a doctor. Other doctors who specialize in autism see kids who lose the DX, though.

"Losing the DX," though shouldn't be the be-all and end-all, anyway.  Kids who progress out of the ASD DX are not cured. They continue to have life-long problems within the Broad Autism Phenotype.

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