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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]FASD label helps if it is the appropriate label, just like any other label.  However, most of those kids are probably labeled ASD as a huge marker is the physical markers and not all kids have that.

I wonder what the impact of paternal drug and alcohol use is.  There are studies and a huge push with maternal drug use but what about long term paternal use?[/quote]

Did you read what the special ed teacher wrote?  The core symptom of ASD is rigidity and difficulty reading social cues.  If a kid with FASD only gets labeled as autistic, it's a crappy diagnosis.  [/quote]

I'm the special ed teacher.  It's weird that you quote me as an expert, when in the same post, I talked about how I think this diagnosis can hurt kids.

I don't think that most kids with FASD would be well served under an ASD label, because they don't have the core symptoms of ASD.  I do think that most kids with FASD are better served under a label like ADHD, learning disabilities, ID, etc . . . depending on how their symptoms present.  I have had kids in my class who have made lots of progress, sent them off to the next teacher only to have that teacher tell me "Oh, he can't learn anything, he has FASD, I'm going to concentrate on the ones I can help."

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For school purposes, maybe not but for private therapies, the ASD diagnosis is golden and many insurances will pay for ST, OT, PT and ABA.  Most families cannot afford that all without insurance.  Either way, either a teacher wants to help or doesn't.  If they don't, it doesn't matter what the diagnosis is.[/quote]

Yes, but if a kid doesn't meet the criteria for ASD (and most FASD kids don't at all, it doesn't come close), then an ASD diagnosis won't serve them well, as it will lead to the wrong interventions.

If a kid has ASD and FASD, which of course can happen but is really two separate disorders because FASD doesn't cause ASD or vice versa, then yes, I agree an ASD label would serve them better than an FASD label.

It's like saying "Blind people get better services than people who have ADHD, so I'm going to have my ADHD kid relabeled".  There might be some truth in the first part, but there's none in the second part.  Because braille instruction and orientation/mobility don't help ADHD kids.  [/quote]

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