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[quote=Anonymous] Money is fueling the rise in diagnosis, plain and simple. If a doctor codes it as autism, insurance pays. In some states, it's like a golden ticket to services. If they don't, all those therapists out there don't make money. And parents curtail getting speech therapy, OT, and certainly ABA because the costs become overwhelming. So parents take a diagnosis they don't agree with because it gets their child some therapy. But there's a very dark side to accepting an inaccurate diagnosis just to get services. Would you, for example, accept a cognitive impairment diagnosis for a child who is not cognitively impaired? Because hey, they'll pay for services then! You want a differential diagnosis, OP. That puts EVERY diagnosis on the table, as opposed to using a checklist to just confirm their preconceived notions. [/quote]
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