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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Not all kids with ASD need or get ABA.  ABA has NEVER been recommended for my DS with ASD/ADHD by anyone.

You are right however that speech therapy for a MERLD child will look very different than speech therapy for a child whose deficit is solely pragmatics. DS attends a language immersion school, Mandarin/English, has excellent language skills and gets pragmatic speech therapy and social skills classes.  He would not be in a dual language program if he had issues with receptive and expressive language in English.

Also, it is hard to imagine a child who has issues with receptive and expressive language NOT having pragmatic speech issues.[/quote]

It may be hard for you to imagine, but the MERLD kids I know do not have pragmatic speech issues.  They have expressive issues that may impact social things but its not the same thing as what you are thinking.  And, my MERLD kid could do an immersion school, as he's done foreign language at his school for two years/no more issues than other kids.  You are very much overgeneralizing and making it based of ADHD/ASD, not a language disorder.  [/quote]

You r the one generalizing by saying ALL kids with ASD get ABA.  Nonsense.  
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No one is saying all kids with ASD get ABA.  ABA is designed specifically for kids with Autism.  Most kids do not get it as it is expensive and many insurances do not cover it.[/quote]

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