Posted by Daisym on February 25, 2007, at 19:35:14
In reply to Re: Shocking autistic children from doing harm » Daisym, posted by wishingstar on February 25, 2007, at 18:05:15
Thank you.
I am the director of a nonprofit for children and we have a large program for children with special needs. The predictions are that in 10 years, 1 in 5 children with special needs will have autism. And this is in the under 5 population where diagnosis typically doesn't happen until age 3. We argue all the time whether this is a mental health affliction or a developmental delay (hence the PDD label.) In the end, we use a team approach from all disciplines.
btw, it is more and more common for mental health workers to encounter folks with developmental delays in their practices. Talk about a shock to traditional talk therapy!
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