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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 60589" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Development delay has a MUCH different meaning than mentally retarded to me. It implies the child may catch up, and it's good to be optimistic, in my opinion. What isn't good, again in my opinion, is to see a disorder and refuse to label it, at least in the U.S.A. Without the label you don't get the help. I had to fight tooth and nail for every bit of autism therapy my son go because nobody would give him the label. What is cognitive delay not otherwise specified, speech delay not otherwise specified, Sensory Integration Disorder (SID), speech delay, social delay, etc. if not Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)? My son, now that he is older, is OBVIOUSLY Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and had we not thought that he had it, and fought for the interventions without the label, I don't believe he ever would be functioning as well as he is. It's kind of like calling childhood bipolar the labels of ADHD/ODD and putting them on stimulants. I think some psychiatrists just like to soften the blow, and I don't feel it's useful. If you have cancer, do you want to hear tumor not otherwise specified? How can you get help if you can talk yourself into thinking, "Well, not as bad as I thought." Again, though, I like to hear it straight, no matter what it is. Then, and only then, can I attack it. I'm not a fan of easy child terms or softening the blow. I'd rather do much intervention and find it wasn't needed than not enough and find that more WAS needed.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 60589, member: 1550"] Development delay has a MUCH different meaning than mentally retarded to me. It implies the child may catch up, and it's good to be optimistic, in my opinion. What isn't good, again in my opinion, is to see a disorder and refuse to label it, at least in the U.S.A. Without the label you don't get the help. I had to fight tooth and nail for every bit of autism therapy my son go because nobody would give him the label. What is cognitive delay not otherwise specified, speech delay not otherwise specified, Sensory Integration Disorder (SID), speech delay, social delay, etc. if not Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)? My son, now that he is older, is OBVIOUSLY Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and had we not thought that he had it, and fought for the interventions without the label, I don't believe he ever would be functioning as well as he is. It's kind of like calling childhood bipolar the labels of ADHD/ODD and putting them on stimulants. I think some psychiatrists just like to soften the blow, and I don't feel it's useful. If you have cancer, do you want to hear tumor not otherwise specified? How can you get help if you can talk yourself into thinking, "Well, not as bad as I thought." Again, though, I like to hear it straight, no matter what it is. Then, and only then, can I attack it. I'm not a fan of easy child terms or softening the blow. I'd rather do much intervention and find it wasn't needed than not enough and find that more WAS needed. [/QUOTE]
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