tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post2530155328981109727..comments2024-03-27T15:43:53.969-04:00Comments on Adventures in Autism: Bill Welsh of Autism Treatment Trust Shames UK Epedemic DeniersGinger Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-32474117461314434992007-07-12T01:42:00.000-04:002007-07-12T01:42:00.000-04:00This whole epidemic debate is so frustrating. I h...This whole epidemic debate is so frustrating. <BR/><BR/>I have a friend who has 2 autistic children. We recently got to spend a lot of time together while taking our asd boys to a social skills class in a neighboring town. We were discussing the epidemic debate and we both had the same thoughts about it. <BR/><BR/>Basically, it amounts to <BR/>(1) Neurological disorders overall are increasing in our children - even the CDC says so. Special ed services are being overwhelmed all over the country. (My friend is a speech pathologist and her college friends in other states tell her it is crazy)<BR/>(2) School has not become more demanding/ disciplined than it was in the old days but less so - yet more & more children are having trouble meeting the lower expectations of their abilities than there used to be. <BR/>(3) Typically those we talk to (my friend heads up our local homeschool support group for parents of kids with disabilities & I do a lot of online research) seem to say roughly the same thing - 'we have similar problems/ traits in our background (or our family's background), but nothing that was this severe.'<BR/><BR/>Autism seems to be a certain personality type that's been taken to an extreme. My children all have clear traits from my dh & I, but to an extreme that we didn't have.Grace 77x7https://www.blogger.com/profile/12196426356956531520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-15520145921342751602007-07-11T10:18:00.000-04:002007-07-11T10:18:00.000-04:00My understanding [admittedly dubious at the best o...My understanding [admittedly dubious at the best of times] was that it was a screening survey and that it hadn't actually been published yet.<BR/>That aside, having just returned from GB, it's tempting to move to Scotland - or it might be if we just hadn't had 20 days of rains and floods! I think we may have turned into wimpy Californians. [allergic to weather]<BR/>CheersMaddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05828186178060722812noreply@blogger.com