Posted on 05/12/2022 8:44:35 AM PDT by algore
“Awesome.”
Agreed. “If it can save just one child...” and royally dis Biden at the same time, it’s a win-win!
It’s also recognized far more frequently than in the past. My ex-husband was “on the spectrum. “ I had no idea for the first 25 years or so we were married. When we met and married, only the severe cases were identified. (I just thought he was odd, but I am my own kind of odd, so….)
He was quite intelligent in some areas. No common sense. No social skills and definitely NO emotional intelligence.
I suspect that modern “child raising” (if you can call it that) may be contributing to the increased rate of diagnosis. Children aren’t taught nor expected to be polite, considerate, and well behaved. It could be difficult to distinguish the neurologically different from the savages (of every skin color and ethnicity!)
The increase in autism in a worldwide phenomenon, therefore all doctors and parents in all countries would have to be making the same mistake. America doesn’t have the highest autism rate. Studies differ, but South Korea is usually found to have one of the highest. There it’s looked down upon and something parents try to avoid their children receiving said diagnosis.
It does appear to be a statistical anomoly to have all three autistic.
“The increase in autism in a worldwide phenomenon, therefore all doctors and parents in all countries would have to be making the same mistake.”
Well, that’s what tends to happen when you change the diagnostic criteria. And when America changes her diagnostic criteria, most countries in the world eventually tend to follow our lead. 60 years ago, I’m sure countries around the world were diagnosing men with homosexuality as a mental disorder at a non-trivial rate, and now that isn’t happening. What changed? Well, we changed the diagnostic criteria, more radically in that case, but still, that was the only actual change that needed to happen to provoke this result.
“Studies differ, but South Korea is usually found to have one of the highest. There it’s looked down upon and something parents try to avoid their children receiving said diagnosis.”
It’s an interesting anomaly, but anomalies are often not illustrative of the root causes, but some other tangential factor that is causing the anomaly. Better to look at data from very comparable areas (like say, 2 Midwestern states that are equivalent in nearly every way, but still have different rates of diagnosis) and then you have a better chance of determining what is actually causing the increase in most cases.
My wife calls that "being a man". LOL
OTOH the accusation that something about the vaccination schedule for infants is related to autism emergence might be a factor, with something in the genetic makeup of the parents that tends the reaction to whatever in the vaccine schedule. I have a cousin who has two normal children and one autistic child all from the same mother. The autistic child is, btw, the sweetest young man you could ever meet and his IQ is very high. We are convinced the vaccination schedule is directly related to the autism, since the oy was very normal even developmentally advanced until the vaccination regimen.
If this story is true, which it may not be, this is actually a break-through in understanding Autism.
He understood what the crowd was doing. Many autistic children wouldn’t make it that far.
He experienced confidence, another autism break-through.
I hope people are studying this event.
My wife and her supporting therapists are trying to stick a label on me.
I don’t quite appreciate it. When I said this to these people, in not quite so many words, she has been warned to leave me.
Psychotherapy is a powerful tool that can be weaponized quite easily.
The hypothesis for development of autism is a severe disruption in the gut bacteria and production of endotoxins which lead to microglia polarization and inflammation of the nervous system.
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This is very accurate. ^^^^^
“the oy was very normal even developmentally advanced until the vaccination regimen”
Well, with autism there have always been cases of “regression” where a child was apparently developing normally and then seemed to take a step backwards. This was happening long before the modern vaccination schedules. It’s not unique to autism either, it’s something that is seen with other developmental disorders as well.
And there you have it, the one singular positive result of the burden administration .
This must have been tough for her. She’s a big lefty.
I never heard of a family having more than one autistic child.
I know someone with 3 autistic kids. The mom was likely as well. Let’s just say I doubt they dabble in genealogy because I bet it looks like a road map.
I am on the spectrum. They discovered it when they were evaluating my son at the university(they test the parents). It was much worse when I was a child, it got better as I got older until I hit 55 and it’s a steady decline.
“Well, with autism there have always been cases of “regression” where a child was apparently developing normally and then seemed to take a step backwards. “
I am convinced this is led by the introduction of “electronics”. I believe it “feeds the beast” by making them further withdrawn and isolated. I was fortunate to only have books. I was obsessed with encyclopedias.
We were forced to socialize and learn how to cope and adapt. I feel that is missing in spectrum kids these days. There is a lot to be said for getting your azz beat for being weird.
Hmmm...but does this really help the patient in every single case, or could the success rate be more hit-or-miss?
Maybe what makes one patient stronger, can be deleterious to another. Just a guess, mind you...
I have Asperger syndrome, and I was given hell for it by everyone, day in day out (i was not diagnosed until I was forty).
And im my childhood days, there was no Internet, so I turned to books. They really were my friends and my family, so to say.
I’m very sorry to say it, but in my case the therapy you have been mentioning really did not work out. I am, to this day, every bit as much of a loner as I’ve always been, and I feel, for the most part, very uncomfortable around humans.
I am just relieved that it, a bit of “harsh medicine” that it was, did obviously help you to cope with life :-)
Every day a happy story - but today there is even a second one, that of the boy Brandon :-) It really gladdens my heart (sorry, is that proper English? Just asking because I’m not a native speaker).
May little Brandon continue to make progress. Thus, I’d like to cheer him on, if I’m allowed to: Go, Brandon, go! :-)
I'm an Assistant Scoutmaster and was astounded at the number of Scouts that were medicated when we went to summer camp. I was also surprised at the number of kids on the spectrum. More stunning was the quantum of food allergies. My personal assessment was meds were over prescribed, and the autism diagnoses were spot on.
If I had to pin all this on ONE thing, it'd be the food supply. I have personally observed dramatic changes by eliminating processed foods, buying direct from the farmer, and going "natural." As for research on vaccines causing autism, it was up and down and for every good study I found a bad study. BUT if I learned anything over the past 2 years, it's that blind faith in the medical-industrial complex is dangerous. So yea, I'd buy it.
I'm glad this child obtained some self-esteem. Autism isn't a death sentence and folks on the spectrum are awesome at software testing, and other vital needs in society. And dare I say, a (generally) more tolerant society has benefited autists. Their lives remain tough (and the lives of the families for those profoundly autistic is very tough, i.e. Estimated 90% divorce rate for the parents) but the path is easier nowadays.
But this was no boating accident.
No reason it can’t mean both.
Let’s go Brandon!!!!
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