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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We didn't receive an autism "label" from the school system until my child had been receiving services for several years. I think it is hard to generalize esp in this area with so many different school systems.

[b]What I have noticed after two children with IEPs and many years in the special needs community is that some parents will do anything to "avoid" the autism label. Pretty much any diagnosis is preferable to autism. "No, my child just has severe SPD and needed speech therapy for three years--and we are really working on eye contact--and is a little obsessed with trains, but don't all boys love trains?" And I think a lot of professionals do parents a disservice by not being 100% honest with them (cue vague developmental pediatricians and greedy OTs).
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But, there are also kids with less-common language issues like OPs that aren't understood very well by your garden variety IEP committee people. So its tough.[/quote]

:lol:  I hate to laugh at this, but I have had the same convo with other parents. My child is on the spectrum and I don't consider it something to be fearful of.[/quote]

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