Potential advantages of a newborn screening diagnosis
1. Reproductive choice | |
Counselling/prenatal testing | 19/23 |
Changed intentions | 16/20 |
2. Time | |
To prepare emotionally when son is less aware | 17/20 |
To plan housing, schooling etc. | 17/20 |
For physiotherapy | 17/20 |
To make good memories | 17/20 |
3. Avoid diagnostic delay | Yes |
4. Avoid wrongful attributions to early symptoms | Yes |
5. More positive profile (anxiety, wellbeing, adjectives) when boys are socially aware | Yes |