{"id":499,"date":"2013-01-13T15:53:22","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T23:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:10124\/?p=499"},"modified":"2013-01-14T23:02:04","modified_gmt":"2013-01-15T07:02:04","slug":"diagnosing-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=499","title":{"rendered":"Diagnosing Diagnosis: What good is an autism diagnosis?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Join AASCEND for a moderated discussion on\u00a0the<em>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>meaning<\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>\u00a0of diagnosis<\/strong><\/span>. Share your experiences and opinions or just listen as we consider the significance of seeking (or not) and getting (or not) a diagnosis of autism or Asperger\u2019s. What does it involve? What if you\u2019re denied? What <strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">services<\/span><\/strong> does a diagnosis get you anyway? What does diagnosis mean to your <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>identity<\/strong><\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">?<\/span><\/strong> What about people who are self-diagnosed? And, of course, how do you feel about the upcoming changes in the <strong><span style=\"color: #003300;\">DSM-V<\/span><span style=\"color: #003300;\">?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AASCEND past president <span style=\"color: #003300;\"><strong>Jack Fagan<\/strong><\/span> will lead the discussion of this sensitive and important topic. All are welcome and as always it&#8217;s free!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Diagnosing-Diagnosis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-506\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Diagnosing Diagnosis\" src=\"http:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Diagnosing-Diagnosis.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Diagnosing-Diagnosis.jpg 437w, https:\/\/aascend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Diagnosing-Diagnosis-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sat Jan 26, 10am &#8211; Noon<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nWhere: <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The Arc of SF<\/span><\/strong> <strong>1500 Howard St. \u00a0 11th St. \u00a0 \u00a0SF, CA 94103<\/strong> \u00a0<strong style=\"border: 0px; font-style: normal; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #373737; line-height: 24px; background-color: #ffffff;\"><a style=\"border: 0px; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; color: #1982d1; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=1500+Howard+Street,+San+Francisco,+CA&amp;hl=en&amp;sll=37.269174,-119.306607&amp;sspn=11.81214,16.633301&amp;oq=1500+Howard+st&amp;hnear=1500+Howard+St,+San+Francisco,+California+94103&amp;t=m&amp;z=16\">map<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join AASCEND for a moderated discussion on\u00a0the\u00a0meaning\u00a0of diagnosis. Share your experiences and opinions or just listen as we consider the significance of seeking (or not) and getting (or not) a diagnosis of autism or Asperger\u2019s. What does it involve? What &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/aascend.org\/?p=499\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aascend.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}