I have an autistic son. He has a neurological disorder which prevents him from conducting a normal conversation. He is now 5 years and 8 months and has never asked a “why” question. He cannot recount events. He is only now developing any interest in other children. On the other hand, as frequently happens with autistic children, his ability to sound out words and spell is more than two years ahead of other children.
Savage is very wrong. My son does not have a behavior problem (he is well behaved), but a physical disability. Yelling at him to talk will no more make him talk than yelling at someone with a broken leg will make him walk. I wish it were as simple as Savage suggests.
This problem is costing my wife and me $20,000 to $30,000 per year in therapy. These funds are not reimbursed by insurance. We want our son to be able to function normally in the world. We do not want him on Social Security. This problem is a financial drain on us. There is no benefit whatsoever. Further, I have learned that a diagnosis of autism is detrimental to insurance reimbursement because there is no cure for it. Consequently, many providers give another diagnosis, such as “dyspraxia.”
For my entire life, the idiots on the left have caricatured conservatives as “mean spirited” because they reject the concept of individual responsibility and want to demonize those who promote a society based on that concept.
Your comments have, in my view, given the left more ammunition to promote this lie. Please do some reading on this disorder. No one characterizes it as a behavior problem. These children do not know how to formulate speech. They are not brats who are simply acting out. Nothing could be further from the truth.
One guy I knew was hung up on TV Commercials and shows like Laugh in. I can't think of even one who was said to be Autistic that wasn't. To those screaming this is all made up stuff I say to them I saw it long before the Pharmaceutical companies as such got involved. I saw it all there even a few kids that were Schizophrenic.
That school the two years I went helped me to adapt to some sensory issues that made it possible for me to pass two Armed Forces Physicals. Another student about my age went on to become a State Trooper. I can't remember what his problem was though. The teachers were tops. These weren't union teachers or American Education Association shills as most had gotten their certifications before those unions had major influence. They were there because the had the ability to help these kids. One teacher the shop teacher had a son severely retarded I remember his son had died while I was there. Later a few years back the teacher died of M.S. He was the one who on very rare occasion dispensed corporal punishment. He was also one of the most highly thought of.
The center was closed due to mainstreaming laws which was a real shame. Kids were getting Physical and Occupational therapy there as well. Now as such they get nothing. The school gave me a different perspective on persons with disabilities. I learned to except them as persons. It impacted my life so much it prepared me for an event to come my way about 15 years later.
Food for thought. A 27 year old's girlfriend when on a date becomes a quadriplegic for life. The doctors say it's this, then they say it's that. The fact remains was the quadriplegia. I think I made a wise choice I picked a winner :>} Yes well intended KOOKS have ridiculed her. Try this one for example. "You remain in a wheelchair because you lack faith". It's a cruel thing to say not based on reality or even fact as even the Apostle Paul as strong as his faith was is believed to have been almost blind. 24 years into this and the doctors still have no concrete medical reason for her quadriplegia. It does not make her problems any less real though. The same with Autism as well. Don't let them get to ya.
Signed a former yellow short bus passenger and thankful for it. :>}