Over-diagnosing children with autism may be bad for the NDIS’s budget but it is also potentially bad for the children, says leading child and adolescent psychiatrist, Professor Jon Jureidini, from the University of Adelaide.
“It could do them a great disservice,” he says, responding to claims that young people are being diagnosed with more severe autism to secure more NDIS funding.
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Jill Margo was a senior writer at The Australian Financial Review.
