[kj] OT Autism

[Frank Frik]

NO NO NO NO, PAUL. You thread is the best! Let's set the other one and name it AUTIZM-COMMUNISM. I feel, that Mister Black will be involved. He hates idiots. 
   
  Here people likesof  Brendon and ade started new CV's already...lol...
   
  Cheers! Frank, Austria
   
  ps. Where I have to read and get into my brains that synndrome? Forgot, what the name of web you wrote. :)

paul wady <paulwady at hotmail.com> wrote:
      My Mrs to be is in her 40's and doing a phd, but she stims and flaps, and wears earplugs in the cinema.  I stim too.  It never ends.

Isnt it significant how many Gatherers have responded to my little disclosure?  Cool.  
I think KJ loving parents will make good Aspie parents too.  A certain anarchic open mindedness.


    Keep Smiling...
    
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  From: "T.B." <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com>
Reply-To: "T.B." <Partyslammer at socal.rr.com>,"A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
To: <fbc at 21ca.com>, "A list about all things Killing Joke (the band!)"<gathering at misera.net>
Subject: Re: [kj] OT Autism
Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2007 09:12:39 -0700

>"Frank Coleman" wrote:

>

>

>>It's important to remember that Autism is a spectrum, which ranges 

>>from being "high-functioning" -- e.g., barely discernible from 

>>non-Autistic people -- to having to be institutionalized for life.

>>

>>My 17-year-old stepdaughter has Asperger's Syndrome and goes to a 

>>mainstream school in NYC, oriented towards performing arts. My 

>>wife teaches drama to Autistic kids for a living and has worked 

>>miracles with her and others.

>>

>>Here's a terrific article on what Asperger's is like, from a recent 

>>article in The New Yorker.

>>

>>http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/08/20/070820fa_fact_page?printable=true

>

>I just caught this thread amidst my tons of mail. My 10 year old 

>son is autistic.

>

>My wife and I are fairly well involved in our local community of 

>autistic families and so we've seen pretty much the entire range of 

>children and young adults who suffer from it from kids that are in 

>their teens and a very low functioning with a lot of social issues 

>who basically sit at home with violent tendencies who'll be forced 

>to live in assisted medical care housing for the rest of their lives 

>when their parents die to children who you'd never know they had 

>autism but have perhaps minor problems integrating around other kids 

>and are exceptional with certain fields like math and science.

>

>Really, no two people suffering from autism have exactly the same 

>issues which is also why it's so hard to treat.

>

>Our son falls kinda in the middle of the spectrum. He started out 

>when he was born a perfectly healthy, happy baby in '97 and by about 

>18 months, he was just starting to talk like any typical baby his 

>age. At that point, he had his MMR vaccines and got very sick for 

>two days, something our doctor said was "normal" in many cases. 

>Within a few weeks, we noticed he'd stopped talking altogether and 

>was crying a *lot* and was starting to walk on his tippy-toes like a 

>bird. At two years, he still was not talking and exhibiting more 

>autistic behavior like flapping his arms when he was excited and we 

>were becoming very concerned. We had to go through a lot of 

>bullshit to get a referral to see a neurologist who knew right away 

>our son was autistic. Once we had a diagnosis, it opened up a lot 

>of doors to get in-home therapy which is by far the most important 

>thing for a young autistic kid - parents need to get on the ball as 

>soon as possible.

>

>We also worked at his disease from a medical standpoint, having a 

>lot of tests done through several doctors here in the US who were 

>and are known as cutting edge in treating the problem. Once we 

>established possible causes (high mercury content in his bloodwork, 

>so-called "leaky gut" issues) with various drugs and a strictly 

>controlled diet we got at least his physical issues under control 

>which theoretically aided his brain and body to develop as best as 

>it could through his early years. Through his first few years in 

>school, we fought hard with the local school district to get the 

>services he needed and should have had access to according to state 

>and federal laws. We wound up suing and winning against our school 

>district which although cost us well over 125 thousand dollars, our 

>son received and has a great school program with an appropriate 

>classroom and classmates and a wonderful full time aid.

>

>He still has a very long ways to go but we're getting there. On the 

>surface, he seems like any other kid his age. But he still has 

>significant sensory issues, he has to wear earplugs just to go in a 

>movie theater and is deathly afraid of butterflies(!). That's the 

>toughest thing about autism from an outsider's point of view, is 

>there's very little logic or patterns to and autistic person's 

>problems and behaviours.

>

>He can't be "cured" but our goal is for him to be able to work and 

>make his own life in society independently of anyone else long after 

>we're gone.

>

>T.B.

>

>

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