Posted on 07/15/2008 5:08:57 PM PDT by jazusamo
interesting article and interesting comments. another possible bias is what docs are paid to diagnose these conditions. I believe psychiatrists are paid more to diagnose and treat bipolar patients and some have said many of these diagnosises are being given out more often than appropriate. Don’t know if this is true or not, or if so, if something similar might be in play for autism. It may also be the case that medical care has advanced to such an extent that people are simply more educated about the disorder and more likely to seek out help to check on children experiencing some delays.
And this, in the geographic locale-central of "Say No To War". ha.
I still have a copy of the checklist. And made at least 200 copies of it. I posted it online. I handed it out at supermarkets, I handed it out at church, I gave it to doctors and dentists, I handed it out to my neighbors.
And absolutely 100% of everyone who did the checklist tested positive for add/adh/. This was in 1993/1994. Before the morph to "autism spectrum".
How much this may have contributed to the soaring statistics on the number of children diagnosed as autistic is something that nobody knows— and apparently not many people are talking about it.
I thinks its conclusive then, that autism is contagious. It spreads from the child to the parent by way of money.
When I was a Cub Scout den mother of 8 boys in the early 70's, including my own son, not one other mother would volunteer to help me.
The wildest of the bunch were two brothers, who were on Ritalin. And it was their mother who always, without exception, "forgot" when it was her day to send refreshments. So, I made sure to have something on hand. (Beware, though, never top anything with a marachino cherry.)
Finding the right games for them to play was a test of my ingenuity. If you find yourself in this postion, try tying blown up balloons to the back of their waists, give them rolled up newspapers, and let them swat away!
I guess today that would be called abusive. Then, it was just plain fun for everybody.
Why wouldn't other mothers help out with the troop?
(And yes, the sickening irony is seeing children being drugged, ill-raised, when it is so obvious the parent is simply not being adult, by choice).
Well damn.
It also suggests that the bulk of autism cases are of women of color.
My son was mistakenly diagnosed in Kindergarden with Aspergers syndrome. The doctor told me that because he was overly interested in dinosaurs, trains and space and the fact that he could watch a movie once and then quote you whole scenes from memory this qualified him.
I came home and looked up the syndrome online and it didn’t seem to fit him properly. I spoke to the doctor again and she then told me that he also had ADHD.
Again, I looked up more information online and it didn’t quite fit.
One night while searching for natural treatments for ADHD or Aspergers, I stumbled upon an article that suggested that children with sleep apnea were being misdiagnosed as having ADHD because due to lack of quality sleep, the children were distractable in class and caused disruptions.
I spoke to his pediatrician (different doctor) and informed him that my son did infact snore and had episodes where he choked and stopped breathing. The pediatrician chose to treat him with an allergy nose spray and an asthma medication.
Within a week all symptoms of ADHD and the alleged Aspergers syndrome were gone.
Just goes to show you that those doctors don’t know everything.
One mother told me, "I'm not good with kids." Her son developed a little crush on me.
The mother of the two boys owned a shoe store, and I gave her some slack.
They lived in a two-story home and the oldest son set fire to a trash basket and threw it down the clothes hamper chute. A ploy for attention?
The other mothers just said they were too busy - maybe they had smaller children, I don't remember.
One thing sticks out in my mind was when we were having a parade in downtown Yorba Linda. My husband "volunteered" to teach our Scouts to march. He called them "Troops." (He used to be a Marine Corps D.I.)
They paid strict attention to him and marched like little pros.
Another time, we took two cars and drove to Knott's Berry Farm and Liberty Hall, a replica of Independence Hall, for our group only. If I recall right, there was a speaking robot. I think he read the Declaration of Independence.
Inside, they were wiggle-worms, sliding from one bench to another. Nobody told them to sit still, as they weren't harming anything, or talking. Next day, some mothers called to say how much their son enjoyed it. I could have sworn none of them heard a word said.
Children want attention and they like discipline. They accept authority when it is for their good.
Yes, it is sickening to see what is happening to our youth - our future. And I think it is deliberate.
I know I was pooped out after blowing up all those balloons.
That is funny!
FOOD FOR THOUGHT:
There are at least ten different neurological functions that could be impaired in the fetus of women who are vitamin d deficient. It is certain that a greater number of people of equatorial genetic history (darker skin) will suffer impaired neurological functions in their children when they reside in the higher latitudes.
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