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Tasty Yumyum
December 03, 2005 08:48 AM December 03, 2005 01:48 PM
It is fairly common right now for kids with developmental disorders to get slapped with the autism/aspergers tag, whether they are or not (which remains to be seen). Back in the day, they weren't labelled with anything other than "crazY' or "retarded" and ended up in institutions. The adults who were lucky enough (sounds silly, but true) to get labelled as autistic actually ended up in group homes like the one that I work in.There will certainly be more autistic adults 20 years from now than there are today (actually, there will be more people LABELLED as autistic....the numbers will probably be aboot the same).Thanks Sparkle.
The Marvelous Sparkle!!
December 03, 2005 10:23 AM December 03, 2005 03:23 PM
Tasty, I strongly disagree. Back when I was a child my family's circle of friends included not one child labeled crazy or retarded. This also includs my entire extended family. My mother is one of 13 kids and I have TONS of cousins. I had one with Epilepsy but that was it.Only within the small group of friends I have there are now six autistic children. People labelled retarded also looked different. I am not talking about Downs. Autistic kids look like any other kid.
I do agree that it was most likely misdiagnosed back then but I do not think there were anywhere near as many. Although it is also true that many kids with developmental disorder may be thrown into the BROAD spectum of autism "spectrum" disorder there are clear behaviors that run as a common thread through these kids.
You know autistic adults because you work with them. Do you know any as friends, co-workers, family...? Cassidy's (my daughter) generation will grow up with autistic people all around them commonly.I am not just parroting what I read. I am speaking from observation. If it continues to be thought of in such a way that nothing has changed outside of diagnoses, this disability will not be treated with the urgent attention that it needs.I am not pointing my finger at any cause...but something IS causing this and it is real.
December 03, 2005 08:48 AM December 03, 2005 01:48 PM
It is fairly common right now for kids with developmental disorders to get slapped with the autism/aspergers tag, whether they are or not (which remains to be seen). Back in the day, they weren't labelled with anything other than "crazY' or "retarded" and ended up in institutions. The adults who were lucky enough (sounds silly, but true) to get labelled as autistic actually ended up in group homes like the one that I work in.There will certainly be more autistic adults 20 years from now than there are today (actually, there will be more people LABELLED as autistic....the numbers will probably be aboot the same).Thanks Sparkle.
The Marvelous Sparkle!!
December 03, 2005 10:23 AM December 03, 2005 03:23 PM
Tasty, I strongly disagree. Back when I was a child my family's circle of friends included not one child labeled crazy or retarded. This also includs my entire extended family. My mother is one of 13 kids and I have TONS of cousins. I had one with Epilepsy but that was it.Only within the small group of friends I have there are now six autistic children. People labelled retarded also looked different. I am not talking about Downs. Autistic kids look like any other kid.
I do agree that it was most likely misdiagnosed back then but I do not think there were anywhere near as many. Although it is also true that many kids with developmental disorder may be thrown into the BROAD spectum of autism "spectrum" disorder there are clear behaviors that run as a common thread through these kids.
You know autistic adults because you work with them. Do you know any as friends, co-workers, family...? Cassidy's (my daughter) generation will grow up with autistic people all around them commonly.I am not just parroting what I read. I am speaking from observation. If it continues to be thought of in such a way that nothing has changed outside of diagnoses, this disability will not be treated with the urgent attention that it needs.I am not pointing my finger at any cause...but something IS causing this and it is real.
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