Could you point to the actual part of the article where the author states that?
Finally, while some parents still have to fight for help for their autistic children, far more services are now available. This has encouraged doctors to label borderline or ambiguous cases as autism - they know this is often the best way to get the child some help. It also makes autism an attractive diagnosis for parents. "I hear stories of parents who are anxious to get a particular diagnosis if that is what is required to obtain the services their child needs," says Sydney Pettygrove, a paediatrician at the Arizona Health Sciences Center in Tucson.This follows a pattern familiar in education ideology, particularly when compared to some past battles over ESL and ADHD and the general growth of special ed funding. It also has political implications for education reform and particularly for the nationalized testing program.