Having not read pages 11 to 15 thinking I'd find far too many more things to quote about I might have missed some information that makes my posting now inane. well maybe they're inconsequential anyway. I wanted to comment further on the over diagnosis of the 'autism spectrum'
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Originally Posted by Flint
I have made joking comments in this thread, but this is not one of them. And this is not a trolling or shit-stirring comment either, but rather a product of my natural curiosity and Devil's Advocacy. The question is: are there actually more cases of Autism, as opposed to more diagnoses of Autism?
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I think that many kids are put under that 'autism umbrella' which are the pdd-nos diagnosis. That means kids who with 2 or 3 traits of autism but not any of the other traits are classified as such and put into special programs. It is my belief only that we as people/kids are a multi-special brew of humanity and most kids who fall or deviate from the norm to not benefit from being in a special classification at all.
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Originally Posted by Flint
Well, well, well. Your book is kicking my ass. I guess I missed the distinction between Autism "spectrum" and Autism. You know, I've been told I'm Asperger's, but I wouldn't have known that before I knew what that was. What I was thinking was: the day I figured it out, there wasn't "another" case of Asperger's. There was the same amount as before. And I think, actually, Asperger's has become a "popular" diagnosis. That doesn't (necessarily) mean that people have physiologically changed, it could just be that we're applying different or more specific labels.
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In my estimation I think you are absolutely correct. Perhaps, just perhaps, I was wondering if some schools if they were smaller and more intimate would be more inclusive of others differences.
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Originally Posted by Clodfobble
Did you know, incidentally, that the guy who wrote the book I've linked, the doctor who is successfully treating my son--he used to be an ER surgeon? Then his child was diagnosed with autism, and his wife started researching all this crazy nonsense on the internet. Being a doctor, he set out to disprove her with sound medical science, and ended up finding more information than he was prepared for, and ultimately abandoning his ER career to treat autistic children instead.
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What book? It sounds interesting.