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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, but the majority of kids being diagnosed with autism and pushing up the diagnosis numbers to 1 in 68 don't have language delays and most likely would get an ADHD diagnosis if not autism.[/quote]

Huge generalization.  You obviously know jack about developmental delays.

Thanks again, OP for pot stirring with a almost two year old report.  We have lots of uniformed coming over from Gen Par.[/quote]

Story is brand new, not old.  And several news organizations are reporting it.[/quote]

No it's not.  You linked to "recent" content from CNN's website that linked to a news story from a year ago.  Learn how the internet works.

The study was released in [b]March 2014[/b]:  http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0327-autism-spectrum-disorder.html

It's OLD news.

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Too bad you didn't read the article, which has the followup information in it about contacting the parents after the diagnosis.

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I did read it and saw the quote you/OP provided:  Researchers say some children who are given the autism label may in fact be struggling with other challenges, such as developmental delays or attention issues. Of the parents who were surveyed about the reversed diagnoses, [i]about 74% thought the reversals were due to new information, meaning their child started to show developmentally appropriate social skills or language abilities, as opposed to a child being "cured.[/i]"

This is called, common sense--intervention works.  BTW, surveying parents doesn't mean the kids aren't autistic; they may have just improved their social skills and language abilities through intervention and still have autism.   Again, most people realize that early diagnoses aren't set in stone and early intervention works.  It's not "news."[/quote]

And yet, news organizations are writing about, making it news. Also, the study this report was referencing was released earlier this year, 2015. It is not 2 year old news.

The above quote from the article makes it clear [b]the diagnoses were "reversed[/b]" so it wasn't just the parent's opinion. The CDC method of just looking at kids' records and not actual children has been roundly criticized since they came out with their bogus 1 in 68 number.[/quote]

Again, so what?  The kids needed early intervention and it helped.  Too bad, you didn't actually read the CDC report.  It's [b]not[/b] a bogus number, it's an "[b]estimate[/b]" based on a [i]surveillance survey[/i], "Researchers reviewed records from community sources that educate, diagnose, treat and/or provide services to children with developmental disabilities. [b]The criteria used to diagnose ASDs and the methods used to collect data have not changed[/b]..."

It is not the tragedy you're making it out to be.  More kids were counted as ASD b/c more kids were getting services (AKA early intervention than before.  Parents, pediatricians, teachers may be more aware of early signs of delays than before and kids are getting the help they need:  http://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2014/p0327-autism-spectrum-disorder.html

You need to leave your bitterness over your kid's ASD diagnosis (whether or not it's accurate) and your wild paranoia over increase in autism diagnoses.  It's not a vast conspiracy.
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Early intervention doesn't "cure" autism, though, does it? So the diagnosis made of so many kids were false.

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