Posted on 11/26/2012 9:27:53 AM PST by Coleus
In the new DSM V that is coming out, they have combined Asperger’s Syndrome with autism in what they now call Autism Spectrum disorders. Without this separation in diagnoses the rate will go even higher.
No, you’re not dealing with the real issues, you’re running away from them with ineffective hocus-pocus, as usual. And it isn’t you that pays the price of that, but your child.
It was never, NEVER brought up that we could get a ‘crazy check’ for our son. We’ve spent thousands on therapy and specialty diet foods for him. My husband and I went broke paying for our son’s disabilities and working him out of them.
KIDS ARE SICK, DAMNIT.
Would you care to tell me how a parent makes a 2 year old child act "crazy" so they can get a DX of autism. My grandson is now 2.5 years old. He may never learn to talk, may never be potty trained, may never overcome the sensory issues that will not allow him to enter a store, may never make a friend because he may never learn social skills. Why the hell would my son and DIL want that for their only child? Why would they want to worry about what is going to happen to their son when they are gone and won't be there to care for him. Why would they want to have to think about group homes. Oh, and by the way, they don't get a "crazy check" for their son.
“If you give Social Security to a child for having autism, you will find a lot more of it!”
You’re right; it has become quite the “white welfare scam”. While autism certainly exists and is a serious matter, the sudden “rise” is absurd (and coincides with the rise of adult disability claims). Knowing a couple that claims to have a child on the “autism spectrum”, I can tell you what is “wrong” with their child: He is an only child, and raised by strangers while his parents work. When you see him interact with other children, there is NOTHING wrong with him; he is completely normal.
Mommy & Daddy just wanna get paid!
Obama’s fault
My grandson has severe autism. His mom is physically disabled. My husband and I care for our grandson nearly every evening for 2-4 hours, It is physically and emotionally exhausting but also very rewarding. He is the love of our lives.
I have no expertise in Autism, but Thomas Sowell (I guy I respect) has an interesting article that comments on the epidemic of autism.
http://townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/2008/07/16/autism_cures/page/full/
When all the food was produced 'naturally' more than 30% of the population worked on farms. Most people are fat, today, because they eat prepackaged foods, don't get enough exercise. If they work, their jobs are extremely sedentary. I could go on. In addition, prior to the proliferation factory canned foods, at least 50000 people died each year from salmonella poisoning due to home canned products not being sanitary.
I know my dear girl, I have been wiped out by the little guy, well not so little anymore, he can exhaust me completely.. LOL
Four years ago, I had an operation, and had to use those electric carts in the grocery store, and I let him ride on my lap while I drove.. That started something big between us, so the story goes, they know me well enough, with him, that they let me do it every Saturday morning to this day..
He is so much bigger now but they don’t mind as long as he doesn’t jump off and turn off all of the store lights, which he has done on more than one occasion.. LOL
It happens all the time. It is so prevalent here that a local news organization investigated and found lots of people encouraging their children in school to act up so they could get a supplement. The news media are the ones who came up with the name “Crazy checks”.
My Sister-in-law works for an agency that helps people get government assistance and she sees this all the time, normal kids and young adults used as excuses to get more money from the government.
A hundred years ago, obesity was basically unheard of, even among the sedentary. There’s an image of people getting off a barge in 1910 NY, and there’s not a single fat person to be seen, even among your white collar workers.
In fact, the obsession with exercise is something new...
It’s the food, salmonella aside.
I was a Kindergarten teacher for 20 years and now volunteer here:
Welcome to Jill’s House...
Www.jillshouse.org
Autism is real. Very real and is increasing at an alarming rate.
Bless your heart, and thanks for the help with these little darlings.. I am really impressed with the Jill’s House, it looks like a wholesome place for the children, with a really good program.. Here is where my little guy goes..
Looks wonderful! Is it overnight? Jill’s House keeps the children for the weekend to try and save marriages and families.
He lives there now, and has for the past year, and we get him every weekend and holidays, and all summer.. When it is longer than a day or two, he gets fidgety.. He loves the House it is his home now, and has his friends, that are his special buddies..
We have lunch with him a couple of times a week, and Wednesday we take him out to his favorite place for dinner and the store..
You are obviously good and honest people but there are plenty of people abusing the autism classification trying to get SSI checks for their child. This cannot be denied. In fact I have a relative who is in the biz so to speak. A child psychiatrist in the autism field. Parents ask him all the time to help out with SS disability applications
” - - - Far too many people see their beautiful normal children change suddenly at about age 2 - within days or weeks of multiple vaccines now required. “
I have heard that COURT CASES HAVE BEEN WON claiming the vaccines did it IIRC.
Absolutely! I work with high functioning Autistic children and love it!
:)
I hope one day my grandson will be able to go into a store again. Right now it's just too overwhelming for him, not sure if it is the sounds, the lighting, the smells, or what. He completely changed around 18 months of age.
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