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The coming avalanche of autistic adults
USA Today
| 1/22/16
| Godwin
Posted on 01/22/2016 10:53:02 AM PST by pabianice
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: autism; psychology; specialneeds; trends
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Where were all the autistic kids when I was growing up? Now it seems every one in three has "autistic spectrum disorder."
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posted on
01/22/2016 10:53:02 AM PST
by
pabianice
To: pabianice
Unless autism is an actual genuine disorder of some kind — the problem is that civilization is collapsing.
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posted on
01/22/2016 10:54:42 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: pabianice
Did you have any kid in your class that was a bit socially awkward? Nowadays they would be classified as having Aspbergers.
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posted on
01/22/2016 10:56:05 AM PST
by
chae
(The Lannisters send their regards--Game of Thrones)
To: pabianice
Autism is the new diagnosis for failed indoctrination.
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posted on
01/22/2016 10:56:18 AM PST
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: pabianice
I think it’s a combination of seldom being diagnosed back then, and more recent environmental causes that have spiked the disorder (viruses, mutating and otherwise; more contact with other global regions and cultures; unintended consequences of over-use of anti-biotics, growth hormones, etc)
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posted on
01/22/2016 10:57:31 AM PST
by
Psalm 73
("Gentlemen, you can't fight in here - this is the War Room".)
To: chae
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posted on
01/22/2016 10:58:25 AM PST
by
alloysteel
(If I considered the consequences of my actions, I would rarely do anything.)
To: chae; pabianice
Any kid in your class that was a bit socially awkward? You mean...other than myself?
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posted on
01/22/2016 10:58:50 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: pabianice
Some think it’s vaccines.
Many veterinary advice books recommend not so many shots for pets. It increases risk of cancer. My dogs have not been vaccinated in years.
Wonder what they do to humans.
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posted on
01/22/2016 10:59:59 AM PST
by
Calpublican
(A.G. Lynch: The intent of this statement is to incite violence against radical Islam)
To: chae
Nowadays they would be classified as having Aspbergers. And no doubt some pharmaceutical firm is marketing an expensive drug for it.
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posted on
01/22/2016 11:00:00 AM PST
by
PGR88
To: pabianice
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posted on
01/22/2016 11:03:10 AM PST
by
hsmomx3
(GO STEELERS!!!!!!)
To: pabianice
Medical Imperialism. Every problem a person might have is labelled with a phony medical label so the DRs can bill the insurance companies. Everyone is ill in America now.
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posted on
01/22/2016 11:03:19 AM PST
by
Seruzawa
(All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
To: pabianice
Autism back then was something that stumped the doctors and they suggested that the parents institutionize the child. It was probably considered a form of mental retardation.
They used to do that to Down Syndrome babies all the time.
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posted on
01/22/2016 11:03:35 AM PST
by
Slyfox
(Ted Cruz does not need the presidency - the presidency needs Ted Cruz)
To: pabianice
Why do SO many people WANT a bipolar diagnosis..?
It’s like that would be COMFORTING to them.
I don’t get it.
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posted on
01/22/2016 11:03:41 AM PST
by
gaijin
To: pabianice
There have always been mildly autistic adults like Isaac Newton and Henry Cavendish. Most did not become famous.
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posted on
01/22/2016 11:04:24 AM PST
by
mjp
((pro-{God, reality, reason, egoism, individualism, natural rights, limited government, capitalism}))
To: Psalm 73
“...and more recent environmental causes that have spiked the disorder...”
Yep. I never heard of anybody that had a peanut allergy until my early 40’s.
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posted on
01/22/2016 11:04:55 AM PST
by
cuban leaf
(The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
To: BenLurkin
Unless autism is an actual genuine disorder of some kind - the problem is that civilization is collapsing. Bingo! But it can be both. I, as a pure creationist, believe that humankind is "winding down," so to speak. That points to the fact that we really are relatively genetically young, several thousand years old. Otherwise we would have "entropied" out of existence millions of years ago.
Humans don't just "get better" by virtue of time. Everything wears out and gets worse.
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posted on
01/22/2016 11:06:24 AM PST
by
fwdude
To: chae
That was me and I got 3 D’s and C in algebra II.
Those grades must be good for something-maybe a small government stipend.
To: pabianice
The coming avalanche? They’ve been here forever. They’re called Demoncrats.
To: pabianice
Because it wasn’t know back then. The guy who pioneered the research, Dr. Asperger lived in Nazi annexed Austria. His papers weren’t translated until the 1990s, so it wasn’t until the 60s people started to have theories (which were wrong).
Even now people are trying to villify the guy as being a Nazi, because he kept his mouth shut and kept his career.
That said, I believe there’s a lot of self diagnosis and inflated numbers of a genuine condition.
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posted on
01/22/2016 11:08:47 AM PST
by
Shadow44
To: gaijin
To excuse their bad behavior.
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posted on
01/22/2016 11:08:53 AM PST
by
monkeywrench
(Deut. 27:17 Cursed be he that removeth his neighbor's landmark)
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