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Does anyone ever wonder if the professionals REALLY know what is wrong with our kids?
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 530721" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>interesting you just happen to mention that.....</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/america_false_autism_epidemic_jfI7XORH94IcUB795b6f7L" target="_blank">http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/america_false_autism_epidemic_jfI7XORH94IcUB795b6f7L</a></p><p></p><p><strong>"So where do we stand, and what should we do? I am for a more careful and restricted diagnosis of autism that isnt driven by service requirements. I am also for kids getting the school services they need. </strong></p><p><strong>The only way to achieve both goals is to reduce the inordinate power of the diagnosis of autism in determining who gets what educational service. Psychiatric diagnosis is devised for use in clinical settings, not educational ones. It may help contribute to educational decisions but should not determine them'</strong>. -<em>Dr. Allen Frances, now a professor emeritus at Duke Universitys department of psychology, chaired the DSM IV task force</em></p><p><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 530721, member: 8831"] interesting you just happen to mention that..... [URL]http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/america_false_autism_epidemic_jfI7XORH94IcUB795b6f7L[/URL] [B]"So where do we stand, and what should we do? I am for a more careful and restricted diagnosis of autism that isnt driven by service requirements. I am also for kids getting the school services they need. [/B] [B]The only way to achieve both goals is to reduce the inordinate power of the diagnosis of autism in determining who gets what educational service. Psychiatric diagnosis is devised for use in clinical settings, not educational ones. It may help contribute to educational decisions but should not determine them'[/B]. -[I]Dr. Allen Frances, now a professor emeritus at Duke Universitys department of psychology, chaired the DSM IV task force [/I] [/QUOTE]
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