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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PP you are completely wrong. One of the main things pediatricians are trained to do is make referrals for specialists and that includes letting parents know whether the child may need to see a developmental pediatrician or get a neuropsych exam. If a parent directly asks is there suspicion of autism they should be able to do a first screening based on their training. Sometimes they are wrong but please don't belittle an entire group of professionals.[/quote]

They should be belittled. Moreover, they should be sued for malpractice or at least have complaints filed. Imagine what happens to a child who is acting like they are autistic but the pediatrician keeps telling the parents the kid is just acting that way  for attention/its the parents fault/ it's definitely not autism.

Bad things happen after that. Kids want to kill themselves, parents punish these children's, peers ostracize those children who should be in aba but now don't qualify for it thanks to Dr Know-it-alls.

Get this through your head: *any time* a parent has a concern about a child's social development,  it's outside of your scope of expertise as a pediatrician to make any judgment calls except to refer.  Period.

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