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MADem

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1. Misdiagnosed in the first place, maybe?

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Wed Jan 16, 2013, 07:25 AM

Jan 2013

Just because the researchers "found no reason" doesn't mean there wasn't one--unless they were in the room when the diagnosis was made, they don't have any certainty as to what went down in the initial assessement...

The researchers went back and checked the accuracy of the children's original diagnosis, but found no reason to suspect that they had been inaccurate.

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Children 'may grow out of autism' [View all] xchrom Jan 2013 OP

Misdiagnosed in the first place, maybe? MADem Jan 2013 #1

That would be my thought. n/t gkhouston Jan 2013 #2

Probably not Warpy Jan 2013 #4

Wouldn't a very mild case be identified in that fashion, though--or missed altogether? MADem Jan 2013 #5

Not necessarily Warpy Jan 2013 #6

Depends on just how severely autistic the child is in the first place. SheilaT Jan 2013 #3

On first glance you would never know I'm autistic. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #7

From experience within my own family. dipsydoodle Jan 2013 #8