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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still don't understand how all these people think an autism diagnosis will get them good services. We get shit services and I have a child with behavioral, attention, social and communication issues and an autism diagnosis. And the diagnosis is totally legit... There are three people in my family with that diagnosis and it's legit.

We also had to fight the school system to accept our diagnosis from Kennedy Krieger... Not some fly by night pill pusher.

And as for insurance, we pay so much out of pocket. I dare anyone to get all their services for their child from in-network providers! It's just not possible!

An autism diagnosis didn't open this miracle door to free or low cost services at all![/quote]

Because not all states or school districts or even insurance companies have the exact same services or criteria for services.[/quote]

Exactly. Our insurance wouldn't pay for speech therapy for a language delay, but would pay for speech with an autism diagnosis, as well as OT and behavioral therapy.

Our school principal told us (wrongly) that if we kept a language impairment label instead of caving for the autism label, they would only give us speech therapy, no other accommodations.

States that mandate insurance coverage for autism offer a lot of extras for the autism diagnosis. [/quote]

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