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laconicsax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-12-10 05:01 PM
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87. My story shouldn't strike you as bizarre, since it follows your logic on diagnoses.
Yes, that is how diagnostic criteria are used. Did you have a point? Either way, I have a question with ready-made followups:

Is encephalopathy the same as autism? Yes or No.
If yes, then why specify that the encephalopathy included autism-like symptoms?

If no, then what would make a doctor diagnose a patient with encephalopathy with features of autism if the diagnosis was actually autism? Could it have to do with a quantifiable difference between encephalopathy and autism leading the doctor to conclude that the proper diagnosis was not autism, but encephalopathy bearing a superficial resemblance to autism?

If "features of X" really means "X itself," then I should tell you that I am Hannah Poling. Technically, I am a different person with features similar to Hannah, but since "features of X" is equivalent to "X itself," then the unavoidable conclusion is that I am Hannah Poling.

With regard to Hannah's father, my prediction was confirmed. Thank you for participating.
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