[Incorrigible]

Broadening the Autism spectrum the way this article does, is really not that helpful to children and adults who have seriously debilitating Autism.

However, by making it more broad, it becomes a bigger constituency that can lobby for more resources from private foundations and (shudder) the government.

Being the father (and coincidently being an engineer) of a 3 year old Autistic boy, I know first hand the struggles of finding resources.

However, the alternative thinking with respect to Autism certainly doesn't appeal to me either:

When Even the Churches Abandon the Helpless [FreeRepublic activism works]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

This article makes me afraid to have kids.

[CheneyChick]

God bless you and your special son.

CC :)

[Dataman]

Of course equating ELCA types with "religious leaders" and ELCA churches with churches in general is a horrid sort of equivocation. ELCA harbors some of the most outstanding leftists in the entire "Christian" spectrum. And yes, I live in the Minneapolis area.