Over-diagnosing children with autism may be bad for the NDIS’s budget but it is also potentially bad for the children, says leading child and adolescent psychiatrist, Professor Jon Jureidini.
Over-diagnosing children with autism may be bad for the NDIS’s budget but it is also potentially bad for the children, says leading child and adolescent psychiatrist, Professor Jon Jureidini, from the University of Adelaide.diagnosed with more severe autism“Every label has harms and benefits, and we need to be clear the benefits outweigh the harms,” says Jon Jureidini.Autism is categorised into three levels of severity.
“They take the de-stigmatisation approach and say autism is neurodiverse, not disabled, but then they want access to disability resources. They are well motivated, but these desires are contradictory.” Dr Powrie says highly stressful, early environments can compromise brain development and some of these children will be diagnosed with autism. “Sometimes the interventions overlook the real context of that child’s environment and the important relationships that need to be addressed.”
Rather than lumping everybody together who presents with emotional awkwardness or lack of empathy, we want to understand why a particular person has this range of difficulties,” says Professor Jureidini.
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