tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post7338744094873435311..comments2024-03-14T18:26:18.208-07:00Comments on autism's gadfly: Problems with Adult autism and Prevalence: John Elder Robison to the rescue jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-91029240375426896702019-04-24T07:41:26.645-07:002019-04-24T07:41:26.645-07:00Roger, before DSM-III, "childhood schizophren...Roger, before DSM-III, "childhood schizophrenia" was the equivalent of autism. Moreover, the diagnosis of mental retardation in DSM-II ordered the specification of a presumed cause, and one option was "following a major psychiatric disorder", therefore nearly all severely autistic people would have the diagnosis of childhood schizophrenia. Pdf of DSM-II:<br />https://www.madinamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/DSM-II.pdfAndrew Herbertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-6341682533796158662019-04-17T12:36:56.231-07:002019-04-17T12:36:56.231-07:001. Reported Autism rates have gone up (44% in the ...1. Reported Autism rates have gone up (44% in the state of New Jersey as reported in last few days)<br /><br />2. Reported Gender Dysphoria has gone up among kids<br /><br />3. ASD is over-represented among individuals clinically referred for Gender Dysphoria. I don’t know the rules regarding 3rd party links here, so any reader can freely google “Gender Dysphoria + Autism”. Among the 503,000 links you`ll find articles from respected medical / autism publications & studies with statistics.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-40755921982256584042019-04-15T18:46:46.768-07:002019-04-15T18:46:46.768-07:00Gender Dysphoria is not related to autism and it i...Gender Dysphoria is not related to autism and it is offensive to suggest that it is. Please revoke this and I am surprised Jonathan was not offended by this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-4439256058201113172019-04-09T09:07:28.125-07:002019-04-09T09:07:28.125-07:00I would just finally like to add my primary school...I would just finally like to add my primary school in the 80`s was next door to a special needs school (one that would now have plenty of autistic kids). <br /><br />I remember them as being mostly unruly kids that were a bit unpredictable & classed rightly or wrongly as intellectually sub normal. I remember most walked home on their own in groups (seemed to have friends), we gave them a wide birth as we thought they were a bit scary. I don’t remember seeing anyone back then with what I would now class as the core symptoms of autism.<br /><br />I worked alongside some who went to that school as a teenager at a local supermarket Saturday job, again one could guess they were not academically bright but still seemed not to have the neurological signs of autism.<br /><br />There`s just lots of dots that seem to imply that something is going on, like the increase in trans kids , there`s an established link to gender dysphoria and autism, and gender dysphoria is massively on the rise in kids, would a boy who`s so desperately trying to be a girl that he`s trying to cut off his genitals been just fine in 1979?<br /><br />Anti vax on the increase as well why now? when the discredited report linking vaccines to autism came out in 1999 and was proved wrong years ago? Is it because more people are noticing kids around them are getting more disturbed and blaming vaccines rightly or wrongly? <br /><br />A report on the BBC says 15% of kids in the UK have special needs many of them with autism, again one has to question the official figures.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-90038294083433997932019-04-08T13:07:17.692-07:002019-04-08T13:07:17.692-07:00Autism was first mentioned in the DSM 3 in 1980, A...Autism was first mentioned in the DSM 3 in 1980, Asperger’s 1994. So, anyone under 54 years old would have been in the school system as UK school leaving age is 16.<br /><br />I’m referring to med – high functioning autism where the symptoms while not always severe enough to be condemned to an institution still show up to a casual NT observer especially parents and teachers as some sort of neurological problem.<br /><br />Symptoms like echolalia, stimming, toe walking etc… all feature in the 1980 DSM 3. Its obvious that that such things are more common than they previously were. 1980 was a long time ago, even 1994 is long enough to not explain the sudden increase in just 20 years.<br /><br />Im not anti Vax by the way, though in hindsight I would have waited until the autism window had passed, maybe 3-4 (just in case) <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-79592448535145933162019-04-07T17:31:40.905-07:002019-04-07T17:31:40.905-07:00A number of people may be unaware of HIPPA, but JE...A number of people may be unaware of HIPPA, but JER is not a typical person. He's been entrusted by the federal government to be a policy advisor on autism matters, not just on the IACC but the NIMH Centers for Autism Excellence. As part of the NIMH Centers for Excellence he advises the MIND institue, paid for by California tax dollars when he's never resided and paid taxes in the state. He should be aware of things like HIPPA if he wants to talk about public policy issues. It's quite apparent that someone who writes a journal article like this with so many factual errors is a poor excuse for a policy advisor. jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-68563060788667382512019-04-05T14:00:05.604-07:002019-04-05T14:00:05.604-07:00If you speak to most people 70+ who were parents o...If you speak to most people 70+ who were parents or teachers in the 70s & 80s, they will tell you they never saw autistic children or children presenting the symptoms like flapping, non-verbal etc.<br /><br />I heard the latest autism figures are based on those born in 2006 maybe so about 12 years behind?<br /><br />I live in the UK my son has autism, (luckily, he`s verbal and I think maybe, hopefully nearly normal intelligence?). In his nursey two other kids also have diagnosed autism, its not particularly a big nursery 30 kids maybe? They`ll also be 3 autistic kids starting in his school reception year in sep, one coming in from another nursery, again 30 kids in the class approx. <br /><br />1 in 59 on the spectrum eh???<br /><br />I know of around 11 people who care for autistic children & adults aged between 3 -24 (none through my son, all independent of autistic groups & therapy’s etc..) All through work colleagues, casual friends, parents my wife knows etc including my neighbour’s daughter 3 doors away from me. <br /><br />I don’t particularly know that many people I really don’t, I keep to myself and have few real friends nowdays I keep in regular contact with. I don’t live in a city just a big town maybe 150,000 pop.<br /><br />The point I’m making is I’m convinced something weird is going on under our noses and probably been covered up, call it environmental toxins whatever the real rate is prob around 1 in 10-20, or at least way lower than 1 in 59!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-3483338986499860982019-04-04T23:31:06.885-07:002019-04-04T23:31:06.885-07:00that could be, but we'd have to know what they...that could be, but we'd have to know what they are and they have not been identified yet and it's pretty clear it's not vaccines. Of course, Jill Escher who has two severely autistic children has done some work in this area, but i have read much of it where certain chemicals and hormones have been introduced that were not in existence as well as smoking by grandmothers of autistic children causing epigenetic changes maybe someday i'll check out her work. <br /><br />It would be helpful if we could identify something in the environment to support your hypothesis but we still have not been able to do that yet. jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14972394536850151087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353442983052145851.post-61860301131160744642019-04-04T20:53:37.984-07:002019-04-04T20:53:37.984-07:00I totally think that autism is caused by mostly en...I totally think that autism is caused by mostly environmental factors, especially since it has risen exponentially over the past thirty years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com