Kathryn Wicks is a senior WAtoday.com, Western Australia news website and Herald journalist.
A year from now, my six-year-old son will no longer have autism. But
I have not discovered a miracle cure - nor do I feel like jumping for
joy.
The criteria for an autism diagnosis, as defined by the
authors of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
(DSM), is about to change so dramatically that parents across the world
are fearful children classified as having high-functioning autism,
Asperger's syndrome or pervasive development disorder are likely to lose
their diagnosis - and with it, their therapy and educational
entitlements.
It is teachers who should be complaining the loudest.
They will be the ones left to manage untreated children with less help
from special needs staff because fewer children will be classified as
special needs.
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