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To: jazusamo
The diagnostic criteria for Autism/Aspergers as well as other "disorders" is very loose and applies to otherwise normal and healthy children and adults. In Aspergers for example one criteria for diagnosis is simply a failure to socialize with peers. This applies frequently to children who are victims of bullying. In other words if your child is being picked on in school, it means he is autistic in the same way as rainman or other individuals. This label is simply because he or she is ostracized and left out.

I have a good friend of mine who was wrongfully diagnosed with Aspergers for this reason. He was frequently harassed and abused in school and was even raped by classmates. The school did nothing about it and the parents blamed him for what happened. They used the diagnosis as a club to abuse him even after he got out of school. But he had several jobs that required social skills such as working as a training manager, a salvation army soldier and a receptionist. But Despite overcoming a lot of obstacles from this his parents made him lose his job and he became homeless for a time on Skid Row Los Angeles of all places. Well despite claims he cant socialize he did alright there. He survived the ordeal and now lives in Omaha Nebraska and works a part time job but is still recovering.

Parents should be careful of this. Your child could be branded mentally ill or disabled simply for being a victim at school. Its just another example of how psychiatry is run amok.

4 posted on 07/15/2008 5:23:31 PM PDT by mainestategop
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To: mainestategop

Autism is probably a food related allergy (casein and wheat gluten) compounded by vitamin d deficiency. Autistic kids represent high seropositivity for autoantibodies to casein and gluten (83.3% and 50% respectively). Normal kids seropositivity for the same autoantibodies are represented at 10% and 6.7% respectively.

No compelling evidence exists to support the assertion of causality between the vaccines (MMR and TCVs) and autism.

The dramatic increases of autism cases would be expected given the low serum d scenarious with women of color in northern continents.


9 posted on 07/15/2008 5:49:17 PM PDT by kruss3 (Kruss3@gmail.cailomes)
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To: mainestategop

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.


33 posted on 07/15/2008 8:34:00 PM PDT by spotbust1 (Procrastinators of the world unite . . . . .tomorrow!!!)
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