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Reply to "CNN report -- Autism: Could high U.S. rate be due to over-diagnosis? "
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[quote=Anonymous]Well personally I had this great house in the city that I could walk to work from, and a smart and incredibly sweet and kind kid who I love beyond reason, and one day I woke up and thought, you know what our family needs? An autism diagnosis! So that it could become clear that the wonderful DCPS professionals who were doing their very best for him (and asking us to stay) couldn't give him what he really needed, and we could move to the suburbs and a $30k private school and an hour plus commute. I thought about spending that money instead on a lawyer (although I have that particular degree myself) so that I could force DCPS to create a first-class HFA program (which BTW they could have done for 5-7 kids entirely with the income tax I used to pay), but then I thought--hey, that would make too much sense. Maybe if I do the crazy thing instead then someday Ed Norton will play me in the movie. [/quote]
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