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Varece  Posts: 1,096
Registered: 2002-1-7 21:48:11
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Its scary how the numbers have gone through the roof with new cases in the last decade.
I feel fortunate that 2 generations in my family are clear of this disease.
Are people still blaming vaccines?
Do you know anyone's kids that have been diagnosed with it?
We have friends with 3 boys, 2 of them twins and they have all been diagnosed with it. Wife's sisters kids were diagnosed with it, too.
Now that is scary.
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winga Title: Canadian
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Registered: 2001-4-27 15:46:32
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If I'm not mistaken my cousins son has it.
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-Abysmal- Posts: 1,328
Registered: 2000-12-20 06:45:24
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well to be fair, the numbers are so staggering due to the lack of reservation with labeling.
2 year old kid have more than 2 temper tantrums per week...OMG IT'S AUTISM!!!
i do feel bad for people who have truly autistic children.
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HeartView Title: Be right back...
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Registered: 2001-12-20 08:11:56
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-Abysmal- posted:
well to be fair, the numbers are so staggering due to the lack of reservation with labeling.
2 year old kid have more than 2 temper tantrums per week...OMG IT'S AUTISM!!!
i do feel bad for people who have truly autistic children.
There is a lot of truth in this... but it isn't the whole story.
The definition of autism is VERY BROAD. In fact, the vast majority of us have one or more characteristics that fit within the autism spectrum.
As the saying goes... "If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism." There is no way to generalize or group people reliably. The labels fail on so many levels it isn't funny.
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Gaevren Title: Wat do?
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Registered: 2004-9-15 09:29:36
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Date Posted:
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HeartView posted:
-Abysmal- posted:
well to be fair, the numbers are so staggering due to the lack of reservation with labeling.
2 year old kid have more than 2 temper tantrums per week...OMG IT'S AUTISM!!!
i do feel bad for people who have truly autistic children.
There is a lot of truth in this... but it isn't the whole story.
The definition of autism is VERY BROAD. In fact, the vast majority of us have one or more characteristics that fit within the autism spectrum.
As the saying goes... "If you've met one person with autism, you've met one person with autism." There is no way to generalize or group people reliably. The labels fail on so many levels it isn't funny.
This is so true- the autism spectrum is extremely broad. And the reason it remains so is because any attempt to re-define the spectrum is going to cut off some people from services that they actually need in order to learn how to interact with the world as "normally" as possible.
I don't know that I've met anyone with autism, but I feel for the families who have to work with it. It can be really rough.
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_Alexandra_  Title: Lady of the Spatula
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Registered: 2000-6-12 10:58:38
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My daughter was daignosed with PDD-NOS when she was 3.
My neighbor to the right has a son with Autism who can't speak. My neighbor to the left has a son also with severe Autism that is slowing turning into Schizoprenia.
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FineYoungCannibals Title: Top of the food chain
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Registered: 2003-7-14 19:17:12
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Date Posted:
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gratz to aon_mix on his special day
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winga Title: Canadian
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Registered: 2001-4-27 15:46:32
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Date Posted:
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FineYoungCannibals posted:
gratz to aon_mix on his special day
Fat nerd. [face_aon_mixed]
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Sith_Mauler Posts: 1,851
Registered: 2002-12-21 13:40:03
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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right now there is discussion in the medical/psych fields for narrowing the diagnosis definition of autism.
lots of parents are up in arms because with out the autism diagnosis, their kids wouldnt be able to receive any help from programs set up to help them.
basically it boils down to money, people dont want to increase taxes.
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Aethelgrin  Posts: 198
Registered: 2001-12-20 11:30:54
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I don't think there's a lot more cases, just a lot more being diagnosed now compared to some decades ago.
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