Professionals are proposing elimination of the diagnosis in an attempt to make it easier for parents, children. Children would no longer be diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome, they would be diagnosed as having Autism Spectrum Disorders. Professions state that this is in an attempt to allow easier services for students with Asperger's. I'm not sure that I understand this, since each student's IEP allows for individualized needs in the form of accommodations and modifications.
Read this article from NPR and let me know what you think.
Removal Of Asperger's To Change Special Ed Access : NPR
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