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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many diseases, disorders and issues range from mild to severe/profound.  I had a basal cancer cell removed. My father died of squamous skin cancer.  Both are skin cancers but vastly different outcomes. Breast cancer is similar.   My DC has very severe/profound dyslexia but I don’t get bent out of shape when someone whose child has mild dyslexia complains.  I empathize with what they are experiencing.  It is not a ‘I’ve got it worse contest’.

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If you look at your basal cancer cells under a microscope, they would look similar to your father's cancer cells.  That's the key feature of cancer, and how you diagnose it.  Molecular similarities.

I think many of us with kids on the spectrum -- both ends of the spectrum -- aren't convinced that our children have shared traits at all. [/quote]

In your first paragraph you're talking about molecular similarities and in the second you're talking about traits, so I don't think you've addressed the argument. [/quote]

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