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Memphis: 'Having a child on the spectrum, it's not a bad thing, they just learn differently'

Memphis: 'Having a child on the spectrum, it's not a bad thing, they just learn differently'

Two year wait time for diagnosis is 'crisis right now'

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Dec 11, 2023
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Notice that the child featured on the news clip is high functioning with normal speech. This level of autism probably isn’t ‘a bad thing.’ What about the 30 percent with “profound autism” or the 30 percent who are nonverbal?

Dec 8, 2023, Fox 13, Memphis Virtual autism clinic offers new hope as diagnoses on the rise in U.S.  https://www.fox13memphis.com/…

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