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I was told that my daughter was bonded with her caseworker and her foster mother. In my case, it was not true. A child with RAD cannot bond. That is what RAD is all about. But, they are very good at faking it and fooling others.
The fact that the caseworker thinks the child is bonded to her says something to me. Like said above, a child can't have a true bond with a caseworker. A bond is built over time by reciprocal give and take. Even my healthy kids could not bond with a caseworker. It just not done. They may like each other, be friends or whatever, but true bonding - no. So, ,I would take that with a grain of salt.
I'm not sure about the autism and RAD diagnoses together. But, they do share some common traits. I would tend to think that a child could have both. I'm not why they couldn't. My daughter came to us with PDD (pervasive developmental disorder) and RAD. So she had both.
Also, like said above, a RAD diagnosis is not freely given to children in foster care. It makes them harder to place and the system avoids that. I would assume the diagnosis is true.
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