To: M203M4
When I was a kid, words like awkward, shy, and withdrawn, or energetic, loud, and troublemaker, were used to describe children now "diagnosed" with autism or ADHD.
Yes, but you grew up being able to talk, relate, reason, get married, have children, etc.
Do not confuse your personal history with the thousands and thousands of kids out there who cannot even talk, live in their own world and cannot even relate to society at large.
There are MANY ADULTS who are like that too.
I have seen MANY kids like these in school (one of my nephews being one of them) and attempting to categorize them as brat is not only unscientific, it's being clueless.
To: SeekAndFind
All the more reason to make sure the diagnosis is used legitimately. Autism spectrum disorders especially. Yes, autism is real, as are other conditions. And while the 99% number is clear hyperbole, judging by the clinical definition of the term for diagnostic purposes (entirely qualitative), I would not be shocked if half of those children diagnosed do not have anything approaching a legitimate medical condition; rather, they are better described as falling into the broad range of “normal” behaviors.
44 posted on
07/26/2008 12:53:20 PM PDT by
M203M4
(True Universal Suffrage: Pets of dead illegal-immigrant felons voting Democrat (twice))
To: SeekAndFind
the thousands and thousands of kids out there who cannot even talkLike Savage's brother?
Or don't you liberals care about anyone who isn't convenient to your narrow little ideology?
296 posted on
07/29/2008 1:18:02 PM PDT by
TBP
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