My impression is similar to yours, incogneato - that for autistic spectrum kids, the earlier the intervention, the better the outcome. I'm happy that pediatricians are now screening for these disorders (perhaps due to more awareness in the medical community, fear of malpractice, or both). "Screening" for any disorder is designed to be sensitive, so false positives should be common and are the price to pay for fewer false negatives. That said, I am very familiar with the distress of aggressive screening when, nearly every year, I get called back after an "abnormal" mammogram.
