tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post4455505845347434459..comments2024-03-14T18:26:18.208-07:00Comments on autism's gadfly: Will New DSM end the autism epidemic?jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-89106536070006960422012-03-06T21:30:44.501-08:002012-03-06T21:30:44.501-08:00Hi Jonathan
this seems to be the Australian way to...Hi Jonathan<br />this seems to be the Australian way to end epidemics in mental health<br />http://naturalsociety.com/australian-bill-allows-for-sterilizations-without-parental-consent-at-any-age/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-16728884707536412092012-02-10T14:52:03.702-08:002012-02-10T14:52:03.702-08:00http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/opinion/i-had-as...http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/opinion/i-had-asperger-syndrome-briefly.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-35037981371966204192012-02-02T13:09:51.493-08:002012-02-02T13:09:51.493-08:00Jonathan, Those two lowlife women think the liars...Jonathan, Those two lowlife women think the liars from Neuroinsanity are disabled people, LOL.John Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133970669787632440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-78128271163419742122012-02-02T06:38:50.498-08:002012-02-02T06:38:50.498-08:00Foresam: If you don't believe that I'm a ...Foresam: If you don't believe that I'm a double agent and a member of neurodiversity, then I'm glad.jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-12724463958375647122012-02-02T06:02:22.859-08:002012-02-02T06:02:22.859-08:00Jonathan, I just want to point out to you that Kim...Jonathan, I just want to point out to you that Kim Stagliano and Ginger Taylor are members of Neurodiversity. These two vicious liars do not represent any children with autism. Both of them are double-agents, as is Blaxill.John Besthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133970669787632440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-28489490187020916752012-01-27T08:19:07.087-08:002012-01-27T08:19:07.087-08:00Ginger,
As a fellow parent, may I offer my though...Ginger,<br /><br />As a fellow parent, may I offer my thoughts for my own particular situation. I started fighting these little vaccine issues and spent a lot of time arguing back and forth with others about my position vs. their position. I found it to be a waste of time and directly consumed the energy I had for other things more important in my son's life such as: my full attention to him as a person and as a child needing me as a parent to be happy and helpful to him; dealing with IEP's, speaking at local school board meetings when they wanted to cut back services; planning for his long term goals; find learning opportunities etc. <br /><br />Too many parents are simply playing politics, wasting time and energy, imho, over these little back and forth wars on both sides. For me, I found new energy and determination to change things I could and forgetting about changing things I can't. Its our choice to remain bitter and angry or move forward and make the world a better place in our local community. Less anger and less hatred and more positive local action.......I'm Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386324013172993426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-88024974153189230302012-01-26T18:40:07.975-08:002012-01-26T18:40:07.975-08:00"This has nothing to do with autism."
N..."This has nothing to do with autism."<br /><br />Nothing to do with a learning disability for learning social skills...<br /><br />...except being an opportunity for people to get married and have children without knowing social skills in the first place.<br /><br />Of course getting married in those situations doesn't prove one has autism. It *also* doesn't rule autism *out*.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-36636927906603443922012-01-26T16:58:24.243-08:002012-01-26T16:58:24.243-08:00Also... just a nit pick...
Blaxill says he does n...Also... just a nit pick...<br /><br />Blaxill says he does not know if vaccines caused his daughter's autism.Ginger Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-61129024981059774532012-01-26T16:51:18.713-08:002012-01-26T16:51:18.713-08:00Anon,
Problem for me is that none of the studies ...Anon,<br /><br />Problem for me is that none of the studies that are used to show that vaccines don't cause autism can be applied to my son's case.<br /><br />He regressed after his 18 month vaccines. None of them contained mercury and he never got the MMR. The ONLY epi study that I know that might apply to his case is the Stoneybrook Hep B study that found that boys had at 3x higher rate of autism when getting the triple dose series of Hg Hep B shots. The first Hep B my son recieved was Hg (and he reacted very badly to it) so that sort of applies, but the rest of the "science" that people want to throw at me, not only is my son represented in the exclusion criteria, they are covering topics that don't apply in his case.<br /><br />What does apply is the VICP table description of DTaP encephalopathy. <br /><br />And as far as redefining autism, the fact that it can be redefined at the whim of the medical establishment just goes to prove the point that it is an antiquated term. It is so abused it is practically meaningless at this point. I am kinda with the "stop calling it autism" crowd. It is autoimmune, and mitochondrial and genetic and toxic and lots of other things... but this 70 year old term, at least in medicine, seems to have outlived its usefulness.<br /><br />Personally, I could not care less if my son lost his "label" tomorrow, he still will need a one on one at school for his own safety no matter what they call what it is they have. But there are a lot of people out there who are about to get screwed. <br /><br />This change is not to support people, it is to save money and cover asses.<br /><br />And no... changing the definition of what they call what my son has won't do anything to change my opinion of how he got what he has.Ginger Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-74241911848717989292012-01-25T06:38:41.419-08:002012-01-25T06:38:41.419-08:00"Since when was science about convincing peop..."Since when was science about convincing people, Jonathan?"<br /><br />I think its along the lines of "no amount of science" will convince those who've already convinced themselves. Some people still believe the earth is flat and some still believe we never went to the moon. No amount of science can penetrate "religious-like" thinking.......I'm Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386324013172993426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-56274571937716765542012-01-24T05:13:49.100-08:002012-01-24T05:13:49.100-08:00"Nothing will convince Mark Blaxill, Ginger T..."Nothing will convince Mark Blaxill, Ginger Taylor, Kim Stagliano and others that their kids did not become autistic because of vaccines."<br /><br />Since when was science about convincing people, Jonathan?Jake Crosbyhttp://www.ageofautism.com/jake-crosbynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-23164024389850585042012-01-24T03:08:51.389-08:002012-01-24T03:08:51.389-08:00I would like to say this is the best blog that I h...I would like to say this is the best blog that I have ever come across. Very informative. Please write more so we can get more details.Nicole Gamblehttp://www.nedcon.ro/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-28884653820464440072012-01-22T12:49:50.931-08:002012-01-22T12:49:50.931-08:00BTW, speaking of low marriage rates for autistics ...BTW, speaking of low marriage rates for autistics supposedly being a problem...<br /><br />...the more a society believes that it is a problem, the more convenient it is for pro-forced-marriage people. Pro-forced-marriage people can point to the marriages they force as a "solution" to the "problem" of people not wanting to marry other people with whom they don't get along socially.<br /><br />IRL, the more able we are to avoid sex and marriage with people who don't turn us on, the better off we are. That's a great thing, no matter how much people who can't or won't turn anyone on want to get laid themselves!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-58660399928862896382012-01-22T09:30:48.122-08:002012-01-22T09:30:48.122-08:00Sounds like you've diagnosed your husband your...Sounds like you've diagnosed your husband yourself and are now attempting to justify his behavior with an AS diagnosis. I think the most telling piece of your story is not possible AS, its the religion. <br /><br />"he held me prisoner practically and abused me if I had another point of view, since he just doesnt get the evil done to me.<br />He took the leadership of the man role (he heard from the pastor) to a whole different level ( since he doesnt understand metaphors and takes things literally) The worst is his entire family has this, his father is practically a narcissist. Im a domestic abuse shelter..go figure....."<br /><br />Go to any orthodox religious community in the world and you'll find the same situation in regards to how relationships are between husband and wife based on their "religious teachings". <br /><br />This has nothing to do with autism.......I'm Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386324013172993426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-44845128232564914832012-01-21T18:36:09.114-08:002012-01-21T18:36:09.114-08:00"What's the percentage of autistics who g..."What's the percentage of autistics who get married and have children as opposed to the general population?"<br /><br />How much does that percentage correlate to the percentage of autistics who successfully use social skills? Hint: it's not 100%.<br /><br />There's a comment at http://www.empowher.com/mental-health/content/tips-being-relationship-man-who-has-aspergers-or-autism?page=1<br /><br />"Anonymous <br /><br />I know my husband has AS its everything you all said here in a nutshell and other sites too, but one problem ...he takes it to the extreme.<br />I met him online and my greencard status he's supposed to apply for me is non existant, ( over a year of control and manipulation) he held me prisoner practically and abused me if I had another point of view, since he just doesnt get the evil done to me.<br />He took the leadership of the man role (he heard from the pastor) to a whole different level ( since he doesnt understand metaphors and takes things literally) The worst is his entire family has this, his father is practically a narcissist. Im a domestic abuse shelter..go figure.....<br />I need help if I only knew....sigh....<br />November 12, 2010 - 11:08pm"<br /><br />Would you call the husband she describes a social success, automatically NT because he mail-ordered her and could get her pregnant, disabled because of his behavior, not disabled and dangerous to others instead of himself instead, more than one of those, or something else?<br /><br />"The scenario's you site are extremely atypical, mostly done by typical people and are statistically insignificant, especially in the US. You're reaching for any straw possible."<br /><br />I'm an adult remembering how damn *common* those unsocial marriage scenarios are in some parts in the world even if not in *my* part of the world.<br /><br />Even in the U.K., forced marriage is so common that the law has specific measures against it instead of counting an occasional case under only other abuse laws:<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/feb/22/ukcrime.gender<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/8446458.stm<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8490947.stm<br />http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bradford/8375456.stm<br /><br />I'm also not self-centered enough to think that only what happens to people just like me only in the U.S. matters.<br /><br />Meanwhile, if you think that rape and pregnancy from rape are extremely atypical, then either you don't know about or don't care about the fact that sadly rape is not extremely atypical yet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-8912853365409981582012-01-21T16:00:54.032-08:002012-01-21T16:00:54.032-08:00I believe all pervasive developmental disorders ex...I believe all pervasive developmental disorders except for autism need to be classified as ASDs.<br /><br />I also believe MRELD, NVLD, SPD and other language-based disorders need to be classified as ASDs, yet speech-language pathologists, neurologists, psychologists and psychiatrists fail to see how the symptoms of patients afflicted with any of these conditions pretty much cause the same triad of impairments that are found in Asperger's and other ASDs.PonderingMindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425942458492094348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-83102070876012603082012-01-21T13:27:55.051-08:002012-01-21T13:27:55.051-08:00To the Fake Anon, obvious teenager:
The scenario&...To the Fake Anon, obvious teenager:<br /><br />The scenario's you site are extremely atypical, mostly done by typical people and are statistically insignificant, especially in the US. You're reaching for any straw possible.......I'm Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386324013172993426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-44820518497550728172012-01-21T06:12:47.579-08:002012-01-21T06:12:47.579-08:00What's the percentage of autistics who get mar...What's the percentage of autistics who get married and have children as opposed to the general population? Would Simon Baron-Cohen and Temple Grandin be able to claim that "autism genes" have some sort of benefit because they've stayed in the population if oodles of autistics got married and had children?jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-43023540344936855912012-01-20T18:46:49.695-08:002012-01-20T18:46:49.695-08:00"I must defer to the judgement of the clinici..."I must defer to the judgement of the clinicians and realize that individuals who can attain advanced degrees, get married, have children ..."<br /><br />Why do you keep pointing to marriage as proof of social success? Not every marriage comes from a romantic relationship. <br /><br />Some marriages are arranged marriages between people who did not socialize with each other and trusted their extended families instead.<br /><br />Some marriages are forced marriages between people who did not socialize with each other and at least one of whom failed to escape from her or his extended family.<br /><br />Some marriages are mail-order marriages between people who found each other on website, exchanged maybe a few emails instead of going on dates, and promise each other sex in exchange for a visa and money.<br /><br />Meanwhile, why do you keep pointing to children as proof of social success?<br /><br />In addition to the non-social marriage matches above, some children are conceived outside marriage during loveless sex (during rape, during gays' and lesbians' attempts to pass for heterosexual, etc.).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-22586439825759666632012-01-20T18:25:05.313-08:002012-01-20T18:25:05.313-08:00Anonymous: At this point, no, it hasn't been ...Anonymous: At this point, no, it hasn't been published, but it was only offered, I believe, as a conference presentation in Iceland, once it's published there's a good chance I could get access to it if I were sufficiently motivated via a variety of ways. However, from what I know about this stuff, it will probably be at least a year before it's published in a peer review journal, assuming it's published at all.jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-5508153398607810182012-01-20T16:53:15.535-08:002012-01-20T16:53:15.535-08:00Jonathan, can you get access to Volkmar's stud...Jonathan, can you get access to Volkmar's study?......I'm Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386324013172993426noreply@blogger.com