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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]*just as you can have MERLD with or without ASD*

Since the neuropsych did not find ASD, stop worrying OP.[/quote]

You can't have MERLD with ASD.  Part of the definition of MERLD is that you don't have ASD.

There are many conditions that can cause expressive and receptive language delays, such as ASD, and ID, and Hearing Loss.  However, there are also kids who have expressive and receptive delays without a larger syndrome that explains them.  Those are the children that qualify (or qualified as this is an older way of categorizing) for MERLD.

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Stating that ASD was incompatible with other diagnoses was a very controversial part of DSM-IV's approach and one that was routinely ignored by clinicians, who could plainly see that their patients suffered from multiple disabilities. That's why DSM-V now allows ASD kids to have other related diagnoses.  But even under DSM-IV nobody blinked an eye if you got multiple diagnoses, except maybe the DSM-IV committee and their groupies.[/quote]

MERLD is something very specific, actually. In the MERLD groups I belong to, the children are resoundingly similar to each other. The ASD category, though, is a hot mess.

None of us "groupies" are saying that other children don't have language issues - just that they did not fit the clinical definition of MERLD. [/quote]

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