An Autism Diagnosis That Isn’t Always Permanent

Among 1,218 parents who had reported having a child once diagnosed with ASD, about 7% said their child did not currently have the condition, research published in the journal Pediatrics in 2018 found. He attributes part of the explanation to the possibility that doctors were diagnosing children with ASD along with other conditions to help them get a range of medical services. Nearly all of the children no longer considered to have ASD had other developmental conditions, Dr. Blumberg says.

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