Younger Kids in Class Might Be Misdiagnosed With ADHD, Autism

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If your child is among the youngest in their school grade, it's more likely they'll be mistakenly identified by teachers as having ADHD or autism, a new study confirms.

If your child is among the youngest in their school grade, it's more likely they'll be mistakenly identified by teachers as having

"The child's age in relation to their classmates needs to considered when making this kind of diagnosis," he said in a university news release. They found that "children who are younger relative to their peers within the same school year are 38% more likely to receive anspectrum disorders , similar trends emerged. In two "high-quality" studies conducted in Taiwan, "children who were the youngest in their school year were more likely to be diagnosed with ASD than those who were the eldest," Sayal and colleagues found.

 

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