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1/18/2019

How Misdiagnosis Can Become a Nightmare for Girls on the Autism Spectrum

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Textbooks tell us autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is four to five times more prevalent in boys than girls. I never have been one to believe everything I read. I keep meeting young women, new ASD diagnosis in hand, whose childhood stories read like sequels to “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.” They were medicated, hospitalized, removed from regular schools and placed in “treatment” facilities, abused, bullied… but never diagnosed accurately. At least not with ASD.
Oh sure, they were told they had ADHD, ODD, OCD, GAD… and later, anorexia or bulimia. They cut themselves and starved themselves — but it was all just for attention and control, don’t ya’ know!​
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