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myxomatosis8  Title: amateur zookeeper
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Registered: 2001-7-14 23:45:21
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Terminius_Est posted:
Some state passed a law that allowed anybody to drop their kids off at a fire station and the state would adopt them.
The mother of an autistic kid did that. He was getting too old and she couldn't withstand his violence and she was too poor to pay for the right kind of medical care.
Well that took balls, sad for her but doesn't seem like she had a hell of a lot more options...
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Terminius_Est Title: Moon River
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Registered: 2002-2-27 06:08:05
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Date Posted:
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myxomatosis8 posted:
Terminius_Est posted:
Some state passed a law that allowed anybody to drop their kids off at a fire station and the state would adopt them.
The mother of an autistic kid did that. He was getting too old and she couldn't withstand his violence and she was too poor to pay for the right kind of medical care.
Well that took balls, sad for her but doesn't seem like she had a hell of a lot more options...
Very shortly after she did that the state modified the law so it only applied to newborns.
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-Abysmal-  Posts: 1,328
Registered: 2000-12-20 06:45:24
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Date Posted:
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OK murron, i will play.
we had to document for 4 years that our child would NOT participate in the state run program to assist autistic children.
the whole ordeal started when our son as a 2 year old did not speak as well as the state decides he should, followed by a stranger coming to the house and him NOT performing to her orders.
last year was the last year and there had never been a thought outside of the initial visits and diagnosis of very low level autism.
day care, preschool, doctor, K-1, not a hint of anything.
and temper tantrums for a 2 year old most certainly was one of the factors.
having refusal of treatment on file with the department of social services also bit me in the ass with court hearings involving my older son who i am the non custodial parent...i could have easily allowed my child to be labeled and helped my case with my other son as well.
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Onslaught. Title: I've always wanted a title.
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Registered: 2001-2-13 13:46:37
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Date Posted:
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lol...
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Arc_DT  Title: Mithan said I am smart
Posts: 363
Registered: 2002-5-28 08:25:51
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Date Posted:
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-Abysmal- posted:
OK murron, i will play.
we had to document for 4 years that our child would NOT participate in the state run program to assist autistic children.
the whole ordeal started when our son as a 2 year old did not speak as well as the state decides he should, followed by a stranger coming to the house and him NOT performing to her orders.
last year was the last year and there had never been a thought outside of the initial visits and diagnosis of very low level autism.
day care, preschool, doctor, K-1, not a hint of anything.
and temper tantrums for a 2 year old most certainly was one of the factors.
having refusal of treatment on file with the department of social services also bit me in the ass with court hearings involving my older son who i am the non custodial parent...i could have easily allowed my child to be labeled and helped my case with my other son as well.
You make me quite glad that we never had our daughter diagnosed. She had "speech and language delay" when she was four.
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the_great_intex Title: This is what cool looks like
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Registered: 2002-6-27 08:18:27
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Date Posted:
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I had speech and language development problems also, used to have to take classes. I am LD in literature too, social phobia, good in math and science. If I am not AS I Shirley do have many of the symptoms
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Arc_DT Title: Mithan said I am smart
Posts: 363
Registered: 2002-5-28 08:25:51
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Date Posted:
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murron2 posted:
Arc_DT posted:
murron2 posted:
You are certainly entitled to your opinion, but there are many of us that beg to differ based on our everyday experiences.
An inability to self-modulate should not be put into the same category as someone who needs restraints to keep from hurting themselves. Whatever is is that you're doing, even for the greater good, has not a damn thing to do with autism, and you insult truly autistic people by claiming otherwise.
If you want to argue and troll, you have picked the wrong person...sorry 
It's not trolling when I speak truth. As for arguing... I don't think you're a bad person and I don't think that what your doing is "wrong." I think what you're doing is admirable. I simply take umbrage to you tossing around such a loaded term so lightly. Social problems are not autism.
There's an institute in Korea that tests as high as 1/37. Clearly we don't have over 2.5% of our population unable to communicate, and the definition and subsequent tests are a farce.
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Terminius_Est Title: Moon River
Posts: 894
Registered: 2002-2-27 06:08:05
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Date Posted:
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They're talking about Autism in NPR now.
One in 88 US kids will get it, one in 54 boys. 
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_Alexandra_ Title: Lady of the Spatula
Posts: 429
Registered: 2000-6-12 10:58:38
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Date Posted:
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Autism Awareness Day |
Malrothien posted:
I read on my baby board that there is apparently a link between pitocin and autism. Not sure how true it is as I haven't done any research myself.
I did not have Pitocin with my daughter, she has Autism. I had Pitocin with all 3 of my sons, no Autism. So there goes that.
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EbonDragon Title: 8bit epileptic
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Registered: 2002-12-21 19:14:06
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:01am
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It's 'Argue About Austism Day'
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