Comments on: LENA Language and Autism Screen (LAS) – The Next Autism Money Sink? http://www.theautismeducationsite.com/2009/09/22/lena-language-and-autism-screen-las-the-next-autism-money-sink/ Autism Schools, Autism Summer Camps and Autism News Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:07:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Melissa http://www.theautismeducationsite.com/2009/09/22/lena-language-and-autism-screen-las-the-next-autism-money-sink/comment-page-1/#comment-4481 Melissa Sun, 04 Oct 2009 16:13:31 +0000 http://www.theautismeducationsite.com/?p=509#comment-4481 Hi Jill, Thanks for the feedback. I'm sensitive to money sinks so I find it helpful to hear others' opinions about products. You're right, $200 for a one time purchase really doesn't seem that much (in the grand scheme of things). I like that this device may help raise awareness about the early signs of autism. Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting! Warmly, Melissa Hi Jill,

Thanks for the feedback. I’m sensitive to money sinks so I find it helpful to hear others’ opinions about products. You’re right, $200 for a one time purchase really doesn’t seem that much (in the grand scheme of things). I like that this device may help raise awareness about the early signs of autism. Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting!

Warmly,

Melissa

]]> By: Kitchenwitch http://www.theautismeducationsite.com/2009/09/22/lena-language-and-autism-screen-las-the-next-autism-money-sink/comment-page-1/#comment-4480 Kitchenwitch Sun, 04 Oct 2009 14:31:15 +0000 http://www.theautismeducationsite.com/?p=509#comment-4480 I'm very sensitive to the money pits that parents of kids with autism can fall into. This doesn't seem that awful to me. It's $200, yes, but it's limited to a onetime purchase. I like the idea of the earlier diagnosis, if it's possible. When I think back on my son's early utterances I think he definitely should have raised many more red flags than he did. For all the early intervention he got and the therapeutic preschool, no attention was paid to his spectrum signals. I do think they were present; people were either just uncomfortable about saying so or they were just wrong. Anyway - I do see that some people would be panicked into purchasing this without any need. Others could be helped by it. I do like your mention of the money sink, though, which I'm constantly irritated by. Jill (http://www.blisstree.com/autismvox/) I’m very sensitive to the money pits that parents of kids with autism can fall into. This doesn’t seem that awful to me. It’s $200, yes, but it’s limited to a onetime purchase. I like the idea of the earlier diagnosis, if it’s possible.
When I think back on my son’s early utterances I think he definitely should have raised many more red flags than he did. For all the early intervention he got and the therapeutic preschool, no attention was paid to his spectrum signals. I do think they were present; people were either just uncomfortable about saying so or they were just wrong. Anyway – I do see that some people would be panicked into purchasing this without any need. Others could be helped by it.
I do like your mention of the money sink, though, which I’m constantly irritated by.
Jill (http://www.blisstree.com/autismvox/)

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