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Rush was RUDE today!!!!!!
Rush Limbaugh
| 4/29/04
| myself
Posted on 04/29/2004 11:58:44 AM PDT by pollywog
I am SO ANGRY at Rush Limbaugh right now!! In his last segment he really bashed and basically made fun of people who have Autism or Asperger's Syndrome. He apparently has not done " his homework" on this one.He read from a article, but I didn't hear who had written it. My granddaughter and husband both suffer from Aspergers.It has been a very difficult journey for our daughter and son in law. Rush will get LOTS of angry emails concerning this!!!
TOPICS: Your Opinion/Questions
KEYWORDS: aspergers; aspergerssyndrome; autism; disabled; prissytwit; restlesslegssyndrome; rush
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To: ThatsAllFolks2
If Jenny is cool, she would avoid Asberger's kids growing up. That happens. The cool kids reject them. Sad thing. They aren't just "wacky" off beat kids, they are truly having incredible difficulty as if they are in a foreign country when among normal kids. They speak a different emotional language.
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:15:05 PM PDT
by
cajungirl
(<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
To: tiamat
Sounds like my daughter too, but she has brain damage. She manages, but we'll see what the future holds.
To: Arrowhead1952
Thank you Arrowhead1952 for listening and giving me your view. Maybe I am just being overly sensitive , but I took it that he was poking fun at Aspergers.
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:15:25 PM PDT
by
pollywog
(Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
To: pollywog
He was, give that dude hell for it, he deserves it.
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:15:53 PM PDT
by
cajungirl
(<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
To: luckystarmom
Sorry to hear it.
I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers!
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:16:10 PM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: pollywog
The key to a diagnosis of Asperger's (as with all clinical diagnoses) is that the disorder causes "clinically significant impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning" (DSM-IV). Typically, behavioral (or cognitive-behavioral) therapy, along with diligent help from parents and teachers, can greatly improve the situation.
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:16:29 PM PDT
by
ncdrumr
To: ambrose
Below is a list of Asperger Syndrome characteristics:
socially awkward and clumsy in relations with other children and/or adults
naive and gullible
often unaware of others' feelings
unable to carry on a "give and take" conversation
easily upset by changes in routines and transitions
literal in speech and understanding
overly sensitive to loud sounds, lights or odors
fixated on one subject or object
physically awkward in sports
Sounds like a typical engineer.
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:16:54 PM PDT
by
Redcloak
(Have you hugged your tagline today?)
To: cajungirl
cajungirl wrote:
If Jenny is cool, she would avoid Asberger's kids growing up. That happens. The cool kids reject them. Sad thing. They aren't just "wacky" off beat kids, they are truly having incredible difficulty as if they are in a foreign country when among normal kids. They speak a different emotional language.
I tell people to pretend that my daughter is an English As A Second Language Person.
It helps, and they are far more understanding of her.
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:17:50 PM PDT
by
tiamat
("Just a Bronze-Age Gal, Trapped in a Techno World!")
To: Redcloak
yep, engineers and asbergers would go nicely together. Altho they have more OCD I do believe. Astronomers and asbergers go well together. Astrophysicists too maybe.
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:18:39 PM PDT
by
cajungirl
(<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
To: ambrose
Well, sometimes you can't see a real disability. I think it's best for the doctors to diagnos the problem.
You can't tell by looking at my daughter that she has brain damage. However, if I showed you her MRI then even you'd be able to see her damage.
I've had people call her a brat when she was having tantrums. I've had people call her stupid when she didn't talk.
I've learned to not judge other people.
To: cajungirl
I believe Rush is in the middle of a pending, nasty divorce.
Marta is very rarely mentioned lately, and many of his comments concerning women have been laced with venom.
To: tiamat
I do believe you have hit on it. I have noticed kids lately are far less rejecting of their peers who have problems than in my generation.
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:19:43 PM PDT
by
cajungirl
(<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
To: JennysCool
Asperger's Syndrome can cause serious problems. A person who is unable to understand body language and unspoken cues has a great deal of trouble getting along in society.
To: Solson
Doesn't that represent just about every child in existence?No, it doesn't, but hey...FR is just full of armchair psychologists, neurologists, pastors, etc.
To: Old Sarge
For what it's worth, there are two methods of diagnosing ADD. First, and this is the "usual" method, is the
behavioral diagnosis. This happens when the liberal teacher decides he or she can't handle an active child and demands that the child be subjected to drugging to prevent further disruption of the teacher's train of thought.
Second, there is a clinical test which measures the 'cortical slowing' in a child (or adult). This measurement, which quantifies the ability of the person to react to specific stimulus within a controlled background of non-related stimuli, has been proven to show that about 50% of behavioral diagnoses are wrong.
Let me say that again... 1/2 of all behavioral diagnoses of ADD are false. It is because of this huge percentage of misdiagnoses that ADD has become the disbelieved affliction it is today. The misdiagnosed children do not react to pharmaceutical, nutritional, or other intervention by improving the root issue - which is a behavioral problem. Clinically diagnosed kids do react to these therapies more positively, because the therapies do affect the root cause of their issue - being a dopaminergic system deficiency in their frontal lobe.
/rant
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:20:36 PM PDT
by
MortMan
(Complacency is an enemy sniper)
To: luckystarmom
Perhaps you can inspire FReepers,,nothing like living with a child with problems to make one less cold about others.
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:21:03 PM PDT
by
cajungirl
(<i>swing low, sweet limousine, comin' fer to Kerry me hoooommmee</i>)
To: cajungirl
I wasnt't giving him an excuse and of course he is responsible for his crimes but he had many of the symtoms listed for Asbergers. I read about him and he had social problems way before college.
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:21:26 PM PDT
by
ruoflaw
To: Incorrigible
Would you add me to your autism ping list please?
To: Poser
You know I have a degree in computer science, and I have a daughter that is disabled (brain damage). I don't really care to have people put being an engineer in the same league as having a real disablity.
To: pollywog
Maybe I am just being overly sensitive , but I took it that he was poking fun at Aspergers.He was looking for how the disease was named - I guess he was searching the net and he started saying Aspergers over and over. He finally stopped when he realized it started to sound like @$$burgers and sort of fussed at himself for doing so.
He said something to the effect of, "I better watch how I say this. Some people may think I am saying something else."
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posted on
04/29/2004 1:21:55 PM PDT
by
Arrowhead1952
(A vote for kerry or any other RAT, is a vote for the terrorists.)
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