Which One Would Be the Primary Diagnosis, Autism or Mental Retardation?

Question by harry: Which one would be the primary diagnosis, autism or mental retardation?

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Answer by Kim
It would depend on which one was worse. Both of those can happen in degrees ranging from mild to severe. When you have a dual diagnosis, you treat both symptoms. you dont precedence one over the other.Would treat the retardation and ignore the autism? Would you develop a program for autism and ignore retardation. Treat them both!

Answer by jen
Without a brief synopsis of the issue at hand, it would be difficult to speculate.

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