Q: Boyfriend misdiagnosed with autism as a young child wants to join military, any way to remove diagnosis from records?
He was misdiagnosed when he was 13, and was really only diagnosed so his family could receive the scholarships. Unfortunately, this disqualifies him from the military, which has been his dream all his life. The doctor who misdiagnosed him is most likely not practicing anymore, and it would be almost impossible to find her. He has never shown any signs of autism back then nor recently, along with being approved by other doctors that he does not have autism. He believes that it's rather hopeless, and that he'll never be able to achieve his dream of being in the military. Is there any way to remove the misdiagnosis from his records so that he can get into the military?
A: What he needs, in my opinion, is a letter from a doctor, preferably a specialist in the field of autism, to the effect that the previous diagnosis was erroneous, and hopefully explaining why.
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