[60Gunner]

This idiot clearly doesn't have an autistic child. My wife and I have adopted two.

What color is the sky in this numbskull's world?

[RegulatorCountry]

I suspect the author means high function autism, ie something along the lines of Asperger’s Syndrome.

[momtothree]

One of my best friend’s son has Aspergers. I don’t understand what this author is thinking... not only does this child not read “social clues” but doesn’t fully understand the dangers around him. I have also seen children with full autism. I think the author is over-reaching.

[Marylander]

This idiot clearly doesn't have an autistic child. My wife and I have adopted two. What color is the sky in this numbskull's world?

You are so right. Autism-Aspergers is the flavor of the decade for incurable romanticizers. In the previous decade the flavor was bipolar, before that, ADD. The sort of reasoning went, if some bipolars are very artistic then bipolar disorder made then so. I used to say I could make a fortune betting that those who romanticize bipolar disorder have never had to see it in a loved one. You put it a lot more succinctly.

[jerseyrocks]

Having a daughter who has chromosome deletions commonly found in Autistic children, makes me wonder if there may be some truth to what is being said. My theory has always been this is an evolution process. Since we now have the capability of chromosome testing, multiplications and deletions that have shown up in Autistic cases does make the point that Autism may begin at conception. With the number of cases, I believe in S. Korea there are 1 in 56 children diagnosed with Autism, it raises the question is Autism going to be the new norm eventually. What scares me is how prepared is the World for these children? On my experience it seems not very. These children are a gift from above with extremely intelligence and probably carry the key to cure many of the worlds problems. Maybe they are the healers of todays messed up World.

[pollywog]

agreed!!! This is downright nuts! Our granddaughter is autistic, my nephew, and our 32 year old son!

BEYOND STUPID I say!!!! Beyond stupid!

[gitmo]

He may have a point but I don’t see it.

If he has real world cases existing in modern hunter gatherer societies he may persued me.

3 posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 6:32:55 AM by Pontiac

This idiot clearly doesn't have an autistic child. My wife and I have adopted two. What color is the sky in this numbskull's world?

4 posted on Friday, June 10, 2011 6:35:57 AM by 60Gunner (Ma'am, that is not a seizure. That is a dance move.)

I, too, have adopted two autistic children. If you are interested, check out the movie on Temple Grandin or read some of her books. She is a severly autistic person who has become one of the top animal behavior scientists in the world. She is the primary consultant in the livestock world for managing herds. It is because she sees the world quite differently from what she calls "normals" and detects patterns in herds and sees the world as a cow or a horse would. I've found her books absolutely fascinating.

The movie explains how she went from a disfunctional girl to a woman who can succeed in her field. She still lacks social skills. I would encourage you to check out the movie on this woman.

One of my autistic sons watched this with me the other day. (The older boy can't watch anything that intense.) They had recorded it from HBO.

They have completely opposite autistic traits from each other, but he recognized himself and his brother in her behavior on the screen. The actress captured the character quite well.