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I continue to be astounded by the vitriol on this post.  My DS was dx'ed with MERLD under the old DSM and an auditory processing disorder by the GW audiology department.  FFW was very effective for him.  So was language therapy.  I fail to see what is controversial and unhelpful about sharing with OP what worked in my DS's case.[/quote]

I don't get it either.  The OP asked a broadly based question about the relationship between autism and MERLD.

Every poster agreed that her child probably doesn't have autism and that she should stay away from autism treatment in general.  One person said that speech therapy is indicated for both MERLD and autism.  This seemed to set some people off, but speaking as parent whose child MAY have ASD (experts are not in agreement), it is unquestionably true.  ASD not only is a spectrum, it also has an astonishing variety of manifestations and comorbid disorders, including either MERLD or something that looks a lot like it.  If an ASD child has this MERLD-like condition, then the same therapies that work for MERLD would also likely work for this aspect of ASD.  But the reverse is not true. ASD has other symptoms with treatments that would not be appropriate for MERLD children, which is why the correct diagnosis is very important.  I don't see how this is controversial in any way.

And being that OP asked about autism, a discussion of autism vs. MERLD is certainly appropriate.[/quote]

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