Misdiagnosis

Yes, it seems it was a misdiagnosis.

But according to a new study in the scientific journal Plos One, failure or refusal to use Rapid Diagnostic Testing can lead to misdiagnosis and a waste of expensive malaria drugs.

Some researchers have proposed that early social dysfunction in 22q11DS is associated with premorbidity to schizophrenia, and that these social impairments may result in a misdiagnosis of an ASD.

They have suffered from misdiagnoses, lapses in treatment, a lack of access to specialized food and physical therapy, displacement and the unrelenting stress of war.