Comments on: Autism vs Brats

By: CharacteristicsForAutism

CharacteristicsForAutism — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:57:22 +0000

There’s a lot of stereotyping out there. My brother is dyslexic but otherwise a smart guy, and all his life people have thought he was just trying to cheat the system by having someone there to read his test questions or to help him learn what works for him studying wise (Obviously he can’t just read the chapter). It’s silly.

By: judith

judith — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:52:57 +0000

There’s an interesting case in the UK at the moment. A young adult with Aspergers Syndrome is on trial for trying to blow up a cafe full of people in a failed suicide attack. There is much debate as to whether he is the villain or the victim, having been groomed by extremists. He has the mental age of a 10 year old, yet researched bomb making on the internet and built a bomb at his home, which luckily failed to go off.

By: Connie

Connie — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:02:27 +0000

There’s a way to present your feelings on an issue without being as divisive as this jerk has been. To say that autism is a “fraud, a racket” and that asthma is a scheme to get children on Social Security Disability is over the edge.

What if would have said such horrible things about a certain nationality (which he has in the past, btw)? Would it be OK for him to just rant and then say that he was just trying to prove a point?

While there are medical and psychiatric diagnoses that are over diagnosed there are many people (here, children) that have Autism. To belittle them and their parents is dehumanizing.

I pray that anyone who deals with children does not do their own diagnosing as this disease has so many spectrums. So does ADD/ADHD. Please don’t blame children!

By: Bonnie Sayers

Bonnie Sayers — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 23:45:50 +0000

I have not watched the video, but read snippets all over the net and did sign the petition to get his sponsors to take note.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/DisabilityCommunitySavage/

By: Karlana

Karlana — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:37:55 +0000

I haven’t watched the video yet, but I had to put in my two cents in here!

First off, I truly believe that autism, ADD, ADHD, and any other very small, minute little disorders are over diagnosed for simple hyperactive kids.

Doctors and parents are just in denial that perhaps kids are just a bit active, a bit loud, and perhaps do not have the yearn to learn.

As I approach my senior year of my teaching degree, I have been in all types of classes: regular, inclusive, special education, ESL - you name it, I’ve had to observe it.

It all comes down to this: many people automatically assume that if the kids are diagnosed with some kind of disorder, perhaps there is no hope for them BUT drugs. The sad part about this is that there are all types of research facilities and projects that have said other wise. It takes time, nurturing, caring, love, and most of all patience to work kids through these phases.

Yes, there are those kids who really and truly should be diagnosed with these types of disorders. Bug guaranteed, not every child who comes in with ’similar symptoms’ found on WebMD need to be diagnosed simply because they meet those symptoms.

School districts are no help either. Administrators do not want to pass up the opportunity to get extra funds rolling into their schools. The more 504s and IEPs filled out and approved, the more funding they can get into the school.

However, a lot of parents do not help. Some have good intentions, some are simply too paranoid, and many are just too lazy to give a little effort, love and patience to their kids to see them through the phases where they simple truck the kid into the doctor to get a note of diagnosis, then march the poor kid into school to get a 504 or IEP filed, and then from there it is all taken care of so their child does not have to deal with a hard life.