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Reply to "CNN report -- Autism: Could high U.S. rate be due to over-diagnosis? "
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[quote=Anonymous]Also, OP/PP, Please get out of your head, "false diagnosis." It's not black and white. The kids using services after age 8, may have gotten services under a different educational designation. Also, diagnoses can change after a child gets older and the situation becomes more clear. Have you ever met a young child with selective mutism or genetic disorder who are non-verbal or barely verbal? I have. When they were young, they were given services coded as autism. When kids are two or three, an autism diagnosis may make the most sense of the behaviors they present with. Through intervention or subsequent evaluations, it can become clearer as to what is going on. As a parent, you need to start somewhere. Better a child gets services (however they're labeled) early than none at all.[/quote]
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