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Re: More updated ASHA document, and insurance issues

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Date: 11 Oct 2010
Time: 02:10:30 -0500
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Comments

The first post in this series asked some clear and interesting questions. The exchanges that followed use a plethora of acronyms as well as some jargon. Additionally there is the confusion about which site to visit. All this is going to put off lay readers who have been trying to follow this thread to learn about the proposed new ways stuttering is to be diagnosed. Might I respectfully suggest that a clear statement is given about what DSM is, why it is designed in the way it is (to give a client one and only one diagnosis), and how psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, speech language pathologists etc. use it on a day-to-day basis. Then if you could describe what the situation was prior to the new ICD code (after you have defined this acronym). Then you could tell readers what has changed and provide justification for these changes (what Mr McCreary originally asked about). Finally, can you inform us who has been involved in the discussions that have led to these new proposals, how the proposals are judged and what consultation has taken place? This will allow more people to be involved and increase the validity of this exercise. DSM and ASHA documents are written by professionals for professionals, but these ISAD discussions are intended to serve the needs of a wider range of readers. With this goal in mind, I hope my suggestions help make these issues accessible to all ISAD readers


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