The reason I say to be careful is because the medical records from ages 3-7 have the HFA diagnosis. Even though we have documentation stating the HFA was a misdiagnosis, I cannot get it removed from the medical records or no longer considered a valid diagnosis.
This is a very good point. My son was diagnosed before the Affordable Care Act, and back then autism was considered a preexisting excludable condition. I actually knew someone whose insurance company frequently tried to deny coverage because of her son's autism diagnosis even when the visit/treatment was very obviously not related to his autism (like going to the doctor for the flu).
There are other issues as well. For example, I believe that the military excludes folks with an autism diagnosis.
