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[quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]Jeff, I understand and appreciate your prescriptive. I do think it’s hard for many of us to view those discussions objectively. For example, my child does not have autism, but [b]I do see the posters that insist autism is over diagnosed as being very insensitive[/b]. They really are contending that those children that have autism are far more impacted than their own children. That’s often not the case at all. Also, it’s not fair to tell someone that they simply accepted an over diagnoses condition. The reason I think these posters need to be responded to is because they make parents struggling with diagnosis and sadness etc. lose years and get caught up and  confused by insisting it’s not a bigger condition and going to see the one specialist they approve of. There are hundreds of excellent professionals here in the DMV. Avoiding them in favor of shopping for a preferred diagnosis is a problem. There’s no way around that.

Regardless, I don’t think it’s fair at all to all of the excellent and caring therapists we have worked with to not appreciate that they don’t go by a diagnosis but rather what the child needs. [/quote]

"Nothing is autism" is simply the other side of the "Everything is autism" coin. Both are obviously wrong (and I'm clearly exaggerating both positions). My point that you should not take the position that another poster's understanding of their child is wrong and attack them for it. There are ways that you can disagree and/or offer more information that are supportive of posters rather than hostile. In some cases, it may simply be better to hold your tongue or start a new thread.

Edit to add: I forgot to mention, rather than responding to such posters, please use the "report" button and let me handle them. Responding to them only helps hijack the thread.
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