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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fact four: many don’t GAF if Auditory Processing Disorder is a diagnosis in the DSM-V.[/quote]

Perhaps.  But insurance companies and school systems care, as they won’t recognize and provide services for conditions that aren’t in the DSM-V.

I don’t personally think that noting this is hijacking a thread or unhelpful. 
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The reason the DSM is on version V is because it is continually being revised based on greater research and experience. If the OP is not asking about insurance coverage, it doesn’t matter what the diagnosis code ends up being.[/quote]

It does matter if you want to be an informed consumer. If there's a practitioner who is going to diagnose your child with something not in the DSM, that departs from the current consensus, so you need to be asking why that is.  Yes the DSM is a line-drawing exercise, but it's very important to be an informed consumer here. [/quote]

NP. I think the point is that, depending on the thread, it’s actually NOT important that every poster meet your criteria for being “an informed consumer.” I think most posters welcome polite cautions, particularly when accompanied by helpful articles or other objective information, but nobody likes to be insulted or accused of purposefully withholding relevant diagnoses from their child because they have chosen a different path than you would choose.[/quote]

And if you have a differing point of view and you’ve expressed it, no need to keep coming back and arguing with every poster. It just undermines what might have been a helpful post.[/quote]

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