tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post830422541583932541..comments2024-02-13T21:31:57.980-04:00Comments on Facing Autism in New Brunswick: DSM5 Autism's Targeted Exclusion Of Intellectually Disabled Is NOT Based on Research EvidenceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05838571980003579163noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33052404.post-55596803023776733342012-11-05T15:10:23.779-04:002012-11-05T15:10:23.779-04:00The ASD diagnosis is a cash cow for professionals....The ASD diagnosis is a cash cow for professionals. Milking a quiet, cud chewing cow is preferable to wrestling with bulls (the "easy" population v. our kids) The APA, as a professional organization, exists to serve the interests of its members first - and "patients" come in second. It all comes dow to money, honey. I urge everyone to read a seminal article on medical marketing - how ADHD was created as a diagnosis: Peter Conrad’s “The discovery of hyperkinesis: Notes on the medicalization of deviant behavior” (October, 1975) Social Problems Vol. 23, pps. 12-21.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com