Posted on 11/12/2007 7:51:01 PM PST by jazusamo
I guess that’s one thing to be said for having kids late in life, as did Dr. Sowell.
Keeps old age from getting boring.
I thought the author was talking about a Templar Crusade.
Dr. Thomas Sowell for president.
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Hah! So did I when I saw the column title. Thanks for your post and the links.
Smart guy, that Dr. Sowell. Maybe they talk late because they have nothing to say. Kids with a lot of energy, they gave them an extra gym class. ‘Course way back when, they worked the farm before coming to school.
Exactly...I’ve known a few adults over many years that had little to say but when they did speak it paid to listen, they were usually right.
I hope that medicine finds some hints on Autism soon.
That said, TS raises some excellent points.
Thanks for the ping.
I’ll never forget a lady teacher my son had in the third grade, she was about ready to retire. My son was a slow learner and we talked to her about it. She said not to worry, he would do fine and improve as the years passed. To this day I don’t know how she knew it but he became a straight A student all through high school and had a 3.7 something GPA in college.
I’m so glad to hear that your son is doing well. I taught school for many years. Third and fourth graders were some of my favorite students. The desire to do well, and supportive parents are key ingredients to student success. God bless you both.
My uncle was 'diagnosed' as 'retarded' as a boy and almost sent to 'special' school. He went on to become chairman of medicine at Northwestern - actually he was just extremely shy.
3 doctors in a row said I needed spinal surgery when I was young to 'correct' my inward pointing feet. The fourth realized that my shoes were just too tight.
Thank God I come from a family who didn't believe 'experts'
Dr. Sowell’s children were born in the 1970’s and are adults now. Iirc, the son who motivated Dr. Sowell’s interest in autism misdiagnosis is a computer programmer now.
We ended up in Nashville seeing Dr. Camarata. He told us our son is NOT autistic. They gave us things to do to help him and with their help and continued evaluations over the next couple years our son overcame his language delay and is now doing very well.
I agree with Dr. Sowell about 90 to 95% of the time. So I get the funny feeling that when we disagree, he’s right and I’m wrong!
Our son was a late talker. I got Sowell’s book from the library hoping against hope that he didn’t have autism, but he definitely does. (PDD-NOS, mid level autism.)
It should be possible for people of average intelligence to diagnose autism. In most cases it is not that tricky. But Dr. Sowell is right about the risk of “false positives.” We are praying for breakthroughs for those working in this field...
I know Dr. Sowell has a child diagnosed as autistic many years ago. Does this article intend to say that that diagnosis was incorrect? Or perhaps he’s speaking out for other parents with misdiagnosed children.
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