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I am the poster who called the spectrum a joke, and I stand by that. It's really undermined the challenges of autism. Autism has very definable features, and you have it or you don't.

That being said, your description uses both "mild" and "serious impact." I think that's why the term spectrum fails children and families so badly. People hear "mild" -- and they think no big deal, not serious impact. [/quote][/b]

So -- you have proven nothing except that you should probably go find a Trump forum so you can insult people who deserve it. "Mild" is relative to "moderate" and "severe" autism -- it's still autism. And autism is a serious issue. While this child is verbal and intelligent, the impacts that affect day-to-day life are real and are a struggle for the family. We are doing every intervention possible (that we can afford) and hope for a day that we can say EI worked!

If you have a child who is moderately to severely impacted, I know your struggle is different and probably way tougher. But that doesn't mean my struggle is a joke. And it doesn't in any way threaten you or minimize you. I really hope you get a grip on lashing out at strangers who you probably have more in common with than not.  Have a great day![/quote]

I think the word spectrum is a joke -- and by that, I mean it has [b]undermined people's understanding of autism[/b]. It's diluting the seriousness of the diagnosis. It's causing children without autism to be labeled as ASD, then when they are "cured" by EI or simply grow out of the symptoms, leaves everyone wondering why that isn't the case for everyone. It's also skewing research and funding.

Autism is no joke. I'm around it every day. I'm certainly sorry if you thought I meant that.
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No, PP, it's not.  Parents whose kids have autism understand it.  People whose kids have speech and learning disorders understand those too.

What is so transparent is that you are pissed off is about a diagnosis that your kid obviously received as toddler and have been desperately trying to prove ever since that the label was in accurate.

EI [b]doesn't[/b] diagnose kids or pronounce them "cured."  You can test or age out of services.[/quote]

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