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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MERLD as a disorder does not exist anymore, but maybe if you post it every few weeks it will be put back into the DSM, right? 
Nice try Mary. [/quote]

I am so tired of this attitude and it is very unhelpful to parents.  While it is true that MERLD is no longer the name of a diagnosis in the DSM anymore, that does not mean that the constellation of symptoms that was formerly described as MERLD still exists, it is just described differently in DSM-5.  DSM-V now uses "language disorder' which encompasses what were formally "expressive disorder" and "mixed expressive receptive disorder."

BTW, 
 
Dyslexia is now "reading disorder" with various specifiers as applicable

Dysgraphia is called "disorder of written expression"

Phonological Disorder is now called "speech sound disorder"

Just like over the years "manic depression" has become "bipolar depression"

The APA did remove MERLD because they stopped believing it existed, they removed it because they thought it was more useful to label it in a different way as a language disorder using specific descriptors.

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Except its not useful to tell someone your child has a language disorder, especially if they have receptive issues as most people don't get receptive issues and [b]just assume the child is bad, difficult or dumb.[/quote][/b]
This has nothing to do with label or the type of problem.  This is something every SN parent has to learn.

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When you are trying to explain your child’s struggles, it has everything to do with t.

If I say my kid has a speech delay people roll their eyes and stop listening to my explanation. Using a more descriptive label or disagnosis, I’m able to get my point across. Not having friends and family understand what’s going on, and trying to explain it has been really challenging, because in general people don’t know anything about SN unless it’s on the severe side of impairment.

Ffs is it really necessary to make a big deal about what label she is using, does it make you feel better bringing this unnecessary explaination in, when OP is looking for advice/support on what her kid is going through? Ugh! [/quote]

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