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It's not paranoia  -- [i]it's a [b]fact[/b] of life that diagnosis follows the money trail[/i]. [i]Developmental pediatricians often just give an autism label with very little testing.[/i] I know multiple people this has happened to -- and the peds tend to think they are doing the parents a favor, because with the ASD dx brings insurance coverage.

When money is involved, no grand conspiracy is needed. Most everyone is incentivized to go on the path that gets money for services for the child.

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Developmental pediatricians aren't incentivized to give autism diagnoses.  If it's a fact, please cite an actual reputable source.  You can't.

You're just pathetic as well as paranoid.  Please get some counseling. [/quote]

No, I'm accurate and realistic. First of all, incentivized doesn't just mean money. Got a dictionary handy? No? Here's a definition from Oxford:

[b]in·cen·tiv·ize[/b]
[in?sen(t)??v?z]
VERB
[i]
    provide (someone) with an incentive for doing something[/i]

In this case, doctors want to get insurance coverage for therapy for kids that come to see them.

Here's one off the top of my head example:

http://www.unstrange.com/reviews_timemag.html

TIME Magazine

Thursday, Jan. 11, 2007
What Autism Epidemic?
By Claudia Wallis

MORE HELP, LESS STIGMA As services have become more available for kids with autism, more parents are seeking a diagnosis they would have shunned 30 years ago, when psychiatrists still blamed autism on chilly "refrigerator" mothers. [b]Doctors are also more willing to apply the diagnosis to help a patient. "I'll call a kid a zebra if it will get him the educational services I think he needs," National Institute of Mental Health psychiatrist Judith Rapoport told Grinker. [/b][/quote]

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