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[quote=Anonymous]It's sad, but it seems that most parents can handle an ADHD diagnosis. They can accept it and many are okay with medication to treat it. But an Autism diagnosis scares the hell out of people and they'll try to come up with every possible way to explain away behaviors so that they don't add up to Autism. The problem with this thinking is that outsiders will generally cut a family slack if the kid has a disability. Nobody who is a decent human will expect a kid that the parents acknowledge has Autism to behave just like kids who don't have it. But if parents won't acknowledge it and the kid displays typical ASD behaviors like not coming over to greet your aunt you haven't seen in a year or not being able to thank your cousin in person for the gift they brought, people will judge the parents for failing to raise their kid with manners and they'll judge the kid as rude and inconsiderate. [/quote]
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