Alot of Dr’s and therapist will determine a child to have autism - but actually it’s RAD...they fall along the same lines per behavior...
However, there are children with autism - and do not have RAD...but there’s a huge number of “professionals” that do not know or understand RAD - only becuase Autism is thrown out there often...
...and one cannot treat RAD with drugs - where autism is - and usually why Dr’s will do scripts instead of long term parenting...
thanks. Do you have a website that compares these two issues?
I’ve been looking online for information about RAD, specifically confussion with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Most of this seems to focus on adoptive and foster children. As in our local case, I think many doctors are more likely to say ASD (not your fault) than RAD (your fault) to the mother. In this case, the mother has her own daughter but anyone who knows the family can see that the child is neglected because of the mother’s parenting beliefs. In this case, I think it is a culture thing (I won’t get more specific.) When I went to an austism forum and asked about the situation, I was ostricized for questioning the ASD diagnosis. It is like questioning global warming...