IS Autism Being Over-Diagnosed?
Came across an interesting article that mentioned the concerns of over-diagnosis. Queensland Australia's Education Minister, Dean Wells said, Some paediatricians are giving false diagnoses at the urging of parents so students receive more resources from the Education Department. "More important for me is making sure that we are not falsely labelling students and thereby consigning them to a lifetime of misdiagnosis." Healing… Through the Eyes of Autism. › Create New Post — WordPress Savage thinks there's a problem with over-diagnosis. Leary does too. The criteria for autism is broader nowadays, but I don't believes doctors are out there handing out the autism card like its Halloween candy. Autism's definitely not the end of the world, but I don't think people would intentionally ask for the diagnosis as Wells suggests. At least, I hope that's not what's happening. I came across a post interestingly titled Is Autism the New Gay? You may know the...