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[quote=Anonymous]Honestly all you folks who are claiming it's not true and these kids are fine are in complete denial.

The delays for assessments were real. Providers thought doing virtual assessments for toddlers was appropriate. This is seriously crazy.

I work in early intervention but private-not through the county. I can tell you the county did everything they could to do the least amount of work possible. These kids suffered. And they just act like it's fine.

It's shameful. Absolutely shameful. There is a ridiculous increase in referrals for evaluations of toddlers. More than I have ever seen in my 15 years in the field. And also, an incredible increase in older 3 and 4 year olds who should have been assessed much earlier but couldn't be because nobody was willing to put themselves at risk. So they went undiagnosed without services for an incredibly long time. Anybody in early intervention will tell you that the differences between a child diagnosed with autism at 2 and a child first diagnosed at 4 are staggering. It's called early intervention for a reason. The earlier they start getting services, the better the outcome. We let these kids down. And they will pay for it for possibly the rest of their lives. [/quote]

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