“And it’s not just ‘bad parenting’ or kids who need to be spanked.”
I think some cases are true autism but some are not and just kids who need to be spanked.
I’ve often wondered how they diagnose autism. I know here lately a test was made but in the past how was it done? I was out somewhere onetime when a mother, with a relative said doctors thought her baby daughter had autism. She told me the baby does not make eye contact and does not respond to people. I walk right over to the baby (about 1 1/2 or 2 years of age) and the child looked me right in the eyes and smiled. Not only that when I played with the child it interacted with me. That child had autism? Really? Kid seemed normal to me.
It’s a pattern of behavior.
The boy I was discussing up thread will occasionally make eye contact.
If you’ve ever been around an autistic child for any length of time you wouldn’t think they were ‘normal’.
Keep an eye on this kid. And look up Regressive Autism. That strikes around the age of that kid. They get worse and worse and worse. If that child had in fact lost skills she’d learned previously and stopped making eye contact like she’d made before she would definitely qualify for a diagnosis.
And yes, I know there are lots of people who school their children in ‘acting crazy’ so they get a crazy check.
And for those who begrudge taking care of these kids I remind you you’re only a serious car crash away from being a burden yourself. Under obamacare both will be given the ‘Liverpool Care Pathway’. Or Schiavo’d.
It’s part of the reason for obamacare. The ability kill those unworthy of life gives some people almost erotic pleasure.
Baby was fine. Mother has Munchausen syndrome by proxy.