Is CAS really that rare? Why is it often misdiagnosed?

[Guest guest]

Is CAS really that rare? How come there is not more information about it?

There are tons of advocacy groups and websites for Autism, so much so that it is

very overwhelming.

Why is CAS often misdiagnosed as Autism?

[Guest guest]

Money honey. I wish I had a better answer for you. I think because most out

there diagnosing see what they want to see. And, truthfully, there are a lot of

issues that apraxic kids have that autistic kids have. You can have autism and

apraxia in the same child, but just because a child has apraxia, doesn't mean

they have autism.

Almost all people out there diagnosing think that if you have apraxia, you are

on the " autistic spectrum " (God do I hate that term). They diagnose autism

because they think it gets the intense level of services that kids need. The

problem is they end up with the wrong kinds of services and people look at the

child forevermore through the psychiatric model and then, truly, I don't believe

these kids can be helped through that. These are all my opinions of course.

From a mom with a kid diagnosed with autism whom I don't believe has autism at

all. But, I suppose I have to be thankful because it led to us addressing what

was really going on in his system and is helping.

Much like fish oils alone help so many kids on here, but wasn't

enough to bring our son along. Fish oils were certainly the first

step to opening our mind to what was possible for our child, and

allowed us to pursue other biomedical treatments to the point that we

believe a full recovery is possible.

Do I wish I would have never had my son evaluated, so that he would

receive these imaginary " appropriate services " from the school district

that never materialized? Did that diagnosis lead to him receiving the

appropriate type and quantity of services? It has only been a year so

I am for sure too embittered in my battle to give my son his voice to

answer that with the appropriate amount of perspective. It takes a very

strong person to stand up and say that what anyone tells you about your child

isn't true. If you're not strong enough to do that, then no, I

wouldn't suggest subjecting you or your child to this scrutiny. If I could go

back, I would certainly change so much about my actions and decisions that I

made but I'm not sure it would have changed where we are today.

HTH!

Penny

http://twoplusoneequalsfive.blogspot.com/

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> Is CAS really that rare? How come there is not more information about it?

There are tons of advocacy groups and websites for Autism, so much so that it is

very overwhelming.

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> Why is CAS often misdiagnosed as Autism?

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