Parents were alarmed when the
one in 150 statistic was released a while back. Now, a new study says as many as
one in every 91 children in the United States has been diagnosed with some form of the developmental disorder. The statistic is a result of 78,000 verbal interviews with parents of children between the ages of 3 and 17 years old. And, some experts worry that the numbers are inaccurate because there's no way of knowing who made those diagnoses. Additionally, experts say 40 percent of kids who were once diagnosed with some form of autism, no longer meet the criteria. Do you believe autism is on the rise or are parents who need resources too quick to label their offspring?
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Are there really parents labeling their children autistic on their own? Seems kind of strange to me, you would think it would be more sensitive testing and a wider scope of what they consider autistic, being done at their doctors offices.
1Not to take away any legitimacy from those who actually have autism, but I think a lot of parents make excuses for their kids for flat out being lazy or something. It's the same thing with the number of kids diagnosed with ADD as opposed to the number of kids who actually have it.
2It also needs to be noted the therapies and other interventions these children are receiving and how they are changing their diagnosis. My son was diagnosed low-functioning Austism and now he is BARELY on the spectrum and is expected to be mainstreamed by the end of the year. So yes, a lot of times the label is thrown around but there are also a lot of kids losing their diagnosis due to therapies and bio-medically interventions.
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4I do think that parents looks for problems in their children, such as Autism, just because the media has made it so mainstream. I mean, think about ADD in the 90's. Everyone thought their children had ADD, even when their kids were just very active or not brilliant. I am worried that people are looking for their children to have Autism because it will give them an answer to any of the childs problems. It's sad, but people do it.
5I wholeheartedly agree with this. Plus, I have another school of thought. It wouldn't surprise me if the healthcare providers are diagnosing children as autistic when they are not.
I say this because I once worked for a pediatric physical therapist and, I understand that she took the children on referral from their doctors. However, NOT a single child ever had an evaluation by this pediatric physical therapist and found to be fine. Upon evaluation, she immediately recommended that the child come in a minimum of 3 times a week. I soon learned that it was all about the money for this woman. Therefore, I bet there are other providers like that one that diagnose children with autism and other things just so they can make money.
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