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False Diagnoses?

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Thomas Sowell: Autism diagnosis overused, often harmful for children
New-Press.com
“New Ways to Diagnose Autism Earlier” read a recent headline in the Wall Street Journal. There is no question that you can diagnose anything as early as you want. The real question is whether the diagnosis will turn out to be correct.
My own awareness of how easy […]

Study Says Rise Due To Changes In Diagnosis

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Study supports theory that rise in autism is related to changes in diagnosis
Press Release | EurekAlert.com
Research funded by the Wellcome Trust suggests that many children diagnosed with severe language disorders in the 1980s and 1990s would today be diagnosed as having autism. The research supports the theory that the rise in the number of cases […]

Detecting Autism Earlier

Friday, January 18th, 2008

New Approach To Detect Autism Earlier
Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Jan. 18, 2008) — A new way of understanding autistic disorders, incorporating both psychological and biological factors, could lead to the conditions being picked up earlier, research from UNSW has found.
A review of research, published in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, integrates psychological with biological […]

Docs Missing Diagnoses?

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

I don’t think this is much of a surprise to most parents of children with autism…
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Pediatricians May Miss Developmental Delays, But Parents Can Help
Science Daily
A simple questionnaire developed at the University of Oregon and requiring no more than 15 minutes of a parent’s time before or after a doctor’s appointment is credited with a 224-percent […]