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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the trend in "overdiagnosing" or labeling kids on the mild end of the Autism spectrum has truly hurt the kids with "classic autism". I hate to think that it has been reduced to a zero sum game that there is a limited supply of money available and to feel jealous not more money goes to the kids and families with severe needs. It is hard to see so many posters talk about their kid or family member with Autism who is so social, gifted, academically advanced (ex. the poster who wrote my father has autism and went on to have a great, high paying job, a loving wife, and kids, and is humorous; or my kid is in a gifted program and has all of these supports) when you have a family member with Autism who can only say a few words and will need care the rest of his life.  [b]How can these people be lumped together?[/b] Sorry, it hasn't been a good day today. [/quote]

I agree with this.  I spoke with a researcher who said even government-funded clinical studies were starting to be skewed, because there's a tendency to only want to research HFA.

Sorry it's been a rough day![/quote]

When the DSM-5 came out there was a lot of controversy among people with Asperger's who did not want to be put in the same group with people who had intellectual disabilities who could not speak, etc. Even with all their objections, I agree that the higher end of the spectrum got a lot more out of being put into the spectrum since it qualified them for services:  Notably states like California and Wisconsin did not easily grant IEPs to students diagnosed with Asperger's before they were subsumed into ASD.

But it's hard to see how funding is a zero sum game especially when it comes to schools since students on both ends of the spectrum require very different supports and services.  Kids on the mild end of the spectrum probably require as much supports as kids with ADHD if that.[/quote]

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