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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If ASD parents want to post about stigma their child has faced, I am very sympathetic and would be interested in  hearing about their experiences. What is grating is the posters who say their children are repeatedly mis-diagnosed with ASD, and then bring up, repeatedly, the lifelong stigma they believe kids with ASD face. Who's perpetuating stigma here? I don't want kids to be misdiagnosed, and if a kid doesn't have autism, that is great! But when these threads become about how autism equals lifelong stigma and only the Cameratas can tell the difference and give the one true diagnosis, I just think: ok, they're in denial.

My son has ASD (Aspergers). We've never even been offered ABA, much less forced into hours of it. I WISH people were trying to give us hours of services.

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i agree with a lot of what the camaratas have to say and agree with their opinion about my child but it was the same opinion as our speech therapist.  No one is in denial.  Early on there are similities like repetitive play, lack of eye contact and other behaviors, but most disappear after the speech comes in.  A kid with autism continues to have behaviors that a Merld kid can outgrow.  The issue is some of us have had evaluators just look at that without looking at more and then even acknowledge the symptoms are no longer there but do not reevaluate their diagnosis to be more fitting.  The camaratas are good, better than most.  They have personal and professional experience with late talkers and their information is pretty much all that is out there for those of us with late talkers.  That is the only reason they have a following.  They are basically it for these type of kids and they are on an education campaign right now to get better diagnosis and looking at the bigger picture.  You can claim it is denial but you aren't with our kids every day.  Kids with autism do not outgrow autism so how would you explain my child losing as symptoms?  A child at two, can easily be misdiagnosed especially a child develops and changes so much from 1-6.

I[b]f your child has aspergers, which technically does not exist anymore, you do not get the needs of a late talking or Merld child.  Your child talked at a normal time frame.[/b] [/quote]

+1. Lagging receptive language is huge, and it impacts everything. That's the crucial problem for MERLD children. [/quote]

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