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1 in 88 babies now develop autism
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1/1/00 12:00am
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1 in 88 babies now develop autism
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I think my dog is autistic. 
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Coriolus
Title: Outpost Ice Mexican
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Registered: 2002-5-17 06:20:48
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1 in 88 babies now develop autism
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Yeah it's a crock of shit until your kid is diagnosed.. objectivity is rare I see.
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Date Posted:
1/1/00 12:00am
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1 in 88 babies now develop autism
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It's not a crock in itself, but the overdiagnosing may be. I can't say I've met a kid that was diagnosed with autism that I thought was completely normal, but I'm sure they do exist given the broad spectrum of the disorder. I'm also pretty sure doctors are diagnosing specific disorders now for research, funding, and services instead of just lumping everyone together under the "mentally challenged" umbrella as was done until fairly recently.
The figures don't really tell us anything. Although alarming, did rates actually go up? And if they did, why? If women are having babies later in life and that leads to more disabilities (autism, Down's, etc) then it makes sense that rates would go up as well.
And I was serious about my dog. He's an aloof fellow with a lot of odd idiosyncracies. http://www.autism-pdd.net/checklist.html#checklist
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the_great_intex
Title: This is what cool looks like
Posts: 1,669
Registered: 2002-6-27 08:18:27
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1 in 88 babies now develop autism
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Not all autism I think is bad. Aspies can live extremely useful lives
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Abaddon_Ambrosius
Title: Retired Theurgist TL
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Registered: 2001-12-21 09:51:39
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1 in 88 babies now develop autism
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Might be more accurate to say...
1 in 88 is now DIAGNOSED WITH Autism.
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Rosaria
Title: They call me Mellow Yellow, quite rightly.
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Registered: 2003-8-22 10:07:30
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1 in 88 babies now develop autism
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Cawlin posted:
I think it's a crock of siht.
"People with autism may:
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Be overly sensitive in sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste (for example, they may refuse to wear "itchy" clothes and become distressed if they are forced to wear the clothes)"
I would get very cranky if I had to wear anything with Irish wool in it.
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Manegarm
Title: European Imperialist Good Guy
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Registered: 2003-8-11 10:01:52
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CROCODILE POOP! I SAY CROCODILIAN EXCREMENT!
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GrilledCheez
Title: The Lord's Balls
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Registered: 2006-3-22 11:06:32
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1 in 88 babies now develop autism
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"symptomatic unspecific" is pretty stupid. Those of you who have seriously disabled autistic kids please don't take aoffense to this. but the autism fear mongering is bad mojo. And it is labeling perfectly functional kids and putting them at an extreme disadvantage for no reason at all.
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Rosaria
Title: They call me Mellow Yellow, quite rightly.
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Registered: 2003-8-22 10:07:30
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1 in 88 babies now develop autism
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GrilledCheez posted:
Those of you who have seriously disabled autistic kids please don't take aoffense to this.
I was thinking that as well.
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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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1 in 88 babies now develop autism
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A lot of AS people are really gifted. I don't see AS as a "disease" or "disorder" more like just a different way the brain is wired, IMO, and a different way of thought than conventional that has its own advantages and disadvantages. Some don't suffer the social disadvantages that are commonly attributes to AS, also
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