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Aspergers...the diagnosis going away?
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<blockquote data-quote="LittleDudesMom" data-source="post: 433178" data-attributes="member: 805"><p><span style="color: #8b0000">"The trick is to 'walk the tightrope of truth,' Dr. Swedo said, between providing clear, easily used diagnostic guidance to clinicians and capturing the individual variation that is relevant to treatment. 'People say that in autism, everybody is a snowflake,' she said. 'It's the perfect analogy.'</span></p><p><span style="color: #8b0000"></span></p><p></p><p>I have always felt that difficult child has some "aspie-lite" traits but testing never backed me up. </p><p></p><p>I know that many here don't like labels, but there are benefits. My difficult child has benefited greatly at school from labels. His label got him the early supports that have turned him around both academically and socially. His label got him approval from the insurance company for both a therapist and a psychiatrist. His label got him medications. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, I think treating the whole child would be the biggest benefit of this change to the DSM-V. You wouldn't be treating a disorder, you would be treating the symptoms specific to your child under an umbrella.</p><p></p><p>Given this article is almost two years old, I wonder what the latest is on this?</p><p></p><p>Sharon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LittleDudesMom, post: 433178, member: 805"] [COLOR="#8b0000"]"The trick is to 'walk the tightrope of truth,' Dr. Swedo said, between providing clear, easily used diagnostic guidance to clinicians and capturing the individual variation that is relevant to treatment. 'People say that in autism, everybody is a snowflake,' she said. 'It's the perfect analogy.' [/COLOR] I have always felt that difficult child has some "aspie-lite" traits but testing never backed me up. I know that many here don't like labels, but there are benefits. My difficult child has benefited greatly at school from labels. His label got him the early supports that have turned him around both academically and socially. His label got him approval from the insurance company for both a therapist and a psychiatrist. His label got him medications. On the other hand, I think treating the whole child would be the biggest benefit of this change to the DSM-V. You wouldn't be treating a disorder, you would be treating the symptoms specific to your child under an umbrella. Given this article is almost two years old, I wonder what the latest is on this? Sharon [/QUOTE]
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