Posted on 01/22/2016 10:53:02 AM PST by pabianice
I was one of them. But we were forced to cope. Today’s kids are allowed to indulge their autism and never learn to cope with it. I didn’t have a game console or a computer or a tablet. I read for hours and played baseball. I wasn’t allowed to stay in the house and had to go play with the kids in the neighborhood.
I don’t doubt autism is real, but I don’t believe the increase. They even changed the terminology to encompass as many people as possible (”autism spectrum” instead of “autism”); it looks like a money grab and better educational situations for children for a lot of white parents. Having known children described in both scenarios, I’d say the “autism spectrum” children simply show a lot of symptoms of 1) only children, and 2) kids who watch a lot of TV.
See # 63; I don’t believe there is anything medically wrong the children I’ve met who were described as “high functioning autism”. Schools love it because they get more money for “special needs” students, and parents get some benefits as well. Flame away, but it is plain as day.
Was that the same “South Park” with attention deficit disorder? Hysterical...
>>I would give anything I had if our son did not have autism.<<
Here’s the abstract from a paper in which Dr. John Cannell published his theory about the increasing incidence of autism. Essentially, he thinks that lowered levels of vitamin D3 in the population due to medical advice to avoid direct sunshine is the problem. He also had some success reversing autism symptoms by administering reasonably large doses of vitamin D3, although he also said that not all children responded, more like 1/3 of them as I recall.
It’s worth a try, in my opinion, since it’s a relatively low risk approach. Here’s the abstract. For a link to the entire paper and more suggestions from Dr. Cannell try this website: http://www.ontrackreading.com/dyslexia-puzzle/vitamin-d3-and-autism
Abstract: Any theory of autism’s etiology must take into account its strong genetic basis while explaining its striking epidemiology. The apparent increase in the prevalence of autism over the last 20 years corresponds with increasing medical advice to avoid the sun, advice that has probably lowered vitamin D levels and would theoretically greatly lower activated vitamin D (calcitriol) levels in developing brains. Animal data has repeatedly shown that severe vitaminD deficiency during gestation dysregulates dozens of proteins involved in brain development and leads to rat pups with increased brain size and enlarged ventricles, abnormalities similar to those found in autistic children. Children with the Williams Syndrome, who can have greatly elevated calcitriol levels in early infancy, usually have phenotypes that are the opposite of autism. Children with vitamin D deficient rickets have several autistic markers that apparently disappear with high-dose vitamin D treatment. Estrogen and testosterone have very different effects on calcitriol’s metabolism, differences that may explain the striking male/female sex ratios in autism. Calcitriol down-regulates production of inflammatory cytokines in the brain, cytokines that have been associated with autism. Consumption of vitamin D containing fish during pregnancy reduces autistic symptoms in offspring. Autism is more common in areas of impaired UVB penetration such as poleward latitudes, urban areas, areas with high air pollution, and areas of high precipitation. Autism is more common in dark-skinned persons and severe maternal vitamin D deficiency is exceptionally common among the dark-skinned. Conclusion: simple Gaussian distributions of the enzyme that activates neural calcitriol combined with widespread gestational and/or early childhood vitamin D deficiency may explain both the genetics and epidemiology of autism. If so, much of the disease is iatrogenic, brought on by medical advice to avoid the sun. Several types of studies could easily test the theory.
When you look at the alleged increase in children with autism, you would never have children (if you believed it to be true). Definitely a big business nowadays...
I work in software and on a science fiction convention. I know a few folks that get classified as “high functioning autistic”. There’s definitely something wrong with them, the big difference is they can blend, especially if they pick their crowd. I don’t know if I’d go all the way to call it a syndrome, but we diagnose things these days. Like our food allergies. It used to be food was too rich for you, now you’re lactose intolerant. It used to be you were a little off, now you’re a high functioning autistic.
No I'm not, not in the least!
Does a 20 year old child squat in the middle of the kitchen and have a bowl movement then say "look mom, I had a baby" represent a learned behavior?
Reread my post..........
Surely you're not trying to equate the behavior of dogs to humans with mental illness?
Such people certainly exist, but to me there is no reason to connect them to the word “autism” (and to do so does a real disservice to people contending with autism, draining resources and spreading skepticism). Call them anything else, but the symptoms of truly autistic people are not what they exhibit. Do they have a medical condition? Possibly. Are they autistic? I don’t think so.
Definitions of words change. It’s a living language. They don’t fit the old definition of autistic, but that definition is gone.
I don’t remember, but whenever I hear “Aspberger’s” all I can think of is that episode!
Sure, and a lot of money comes with this change: I can have my child driven to and from school, he can have a longer school day so both my wife and I can work full-time, and I can collect some type of Social Security for him...
That was great episode; when they dealt with ADD (which might have been another episode), a specialist comes in to deal with the kids. He stands among their desks with a book, and when they lose focus/start to screw around he smashes them with the book until they pay attention again...
Sometimes it’s not about the money. The benefits to having a diagnosed kid aren’t actually that good. Mostly it’s getting to take your kid to tons of specialists, no longer being able to keep a regular job, and wondering what the hell is going to happen to the when you die.
Sorry, but you’re wrong.
Must be my lying eyes; I guess we’ll agree to disagree.
It’s your attitude. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, and sometimes saying a kid has issues really means the kid has issues. I’ve got some friends with autistic kids you can take it up with. But you should be warned, if you spewed the crap you just spewed to me to them you’d have fewer teeth in your head. We won’t agree to disagree, you are simply wrong. The only question is can you see the light. Appears the answer is no. Good luck.
You must be in on the scam, and I assure you my teeth would be just fine. If they weren’t, I’d claim “dental autism” and GET PAID!
And there you with more BS. Now I see why you invited the flames, that’s all your interested. Sorry, not biting. You’re full of crap and we are done.
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