http://doctorio.us/2008/04/08/world-autism-awareness-day-observed-on-april-2-2008/ The educational adventures of adjunct instructor Matthew A. Gilbert, MBA. Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:06:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://doctorio.us/2008/04/08/world-autism-awareness-day-observed-on-april-2-2008/#comment-2716 Sun, 10 Oct 2010 07:00:58 +0000 http://doctorious.wordpress.com/?p=138#comment-2716 Certainly a parent who denies the diagnosis will prevent proper early intervention, but at the same time there is also a danger in blindly agreeing to treatment protocols without first understanding what’s involved. There is also a significant risk of parents embracing the autism diagnosis too heartily in an effort to infantilize their diagnosed child in some kind of pseudo Munchausen by proxy syndrome (MBPS) scenario.

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