Yup. The one thing I don't like in an otherwise simply WONDERFUL developmental pediatric rotation right now is that my professor thinks of giving parents an autism dx as "bad news." She's great with the kids and the parents themselves and doesn't say anything insulting or anything (even backstage) so I really shouldn't complain too much. She's definitely not a CAN or DAN "curebie."

Which isn't to say that I don't think most parents are upset to hear the diagnosis, and that doctors shouldn't be empathetic to that. Parents often go through a grief reaction for the child they expected. But parents also love the child they have and can move to a really positive place over time and I think we need to support that also.