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It's entirely possible that your kid's case was so mild that the work around were successful enough to allow your kid to "pass" for normal.  This doesn't mean a "cure," he's just learned the workarounds successfully.  This does happen sometimes.[/quote]

My kid is normal and not passing for anything (but I think all kids are normal).  We very clearly had a misdiagnosis but I think it was more for the services/money than anything.  ASD is way to broad, as are other disorders, including language.  (there are also huge issues with language disorder diagnosis, especially at the school levels).[/quote]

I find this argument of "he's just learned the workarounds successfully" really strange. If he can adapt and all kids adapt in different ways how does he have a condition? What defines the condition then? There's no blood test or obvious brain difference. It's a set of symptoms and if he has no symptoms how is her child any different from the NT classmate who has no symptoms?[/quote]
The idea of learning the workarounds is not generally accepted, it's just one explanation for why kids lose their diagnosis and if true  probably not the most common reason.  One of the key problems in ASD is the inability to pick up social cues.  NT's learn how spontaneously,  autistics have to be explicitly taught.  If they learn it, they are doing it through mental scripts or problem solving  rather than social instincts.  Such people will always seem a bit "off" and it is hard work for them, but if they are very good at it, they can function effectively in social situations.

David Byrne of the Talking Heads says he is autistic.  I don't think he was diagnosed as a child.  He is successful and apparently has a social life, but his personality is definitely offbeat.[/quote]

Some of our kids do naturally pick up things like social cues, especially if it was a language disorder where the receptive language was impacted.  People underestimate how much receptive language impacts a child and when the receptive language finally comes in how different some of these kids are.  [/quote]

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