tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post4539271295608049980..comments2024-03-27T15:43:53.969-04:00Comments on Adventures in Autism: Sneaky SenateGinger Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-36148392290470017792007-04-21T12:15:00.000-04:002007-04-21T12:15:00.000-04:00The telecumuting education as seen on TV looks won...The telecumuting education as seen on TV looks wonderful for Autism. Please read below how this terrible disease might be avoided.<BR/> I am aware of a wonderful school in Mass. which takes young self abusive Autistic students through a program with a speech therapist.<BR/>The system rewards each student as they work with mirrors etc. and gain some language.As the do something right, the student is rewarded with a cheerio or the like.<BR/> <BR/>The progress is very good, and as language skills develop the self-abusing behavior stops!<BR/>As the student matures board games are played to encourage language. When one stops on a place, he or she must make a sentence or two about the subject requested by the game. Furthermore students are taught how to type, and are given play money and a list to shop in a play grocery store, before the same is done in a real(always confusing) grocery store.<BR/> I no longer remember the name of this school, but a video about it was in the Library at Ramapo College in Mahwah, New Jersey.<BR/> <BR/>These comments of mine below have been put in the comments secton of the Lancet.<BR/> <BR/>Is anyone interested in looking at the co-relation of increased Autism frequency and the introduction of trans fats?<BR/> <BR/>Dr. Christiane Northrup,MD gives the following advice in her book Mother Daughter Wisdom.<BR/>"For pregnant women:<BR/>Avoid partially hydrogenated fats, which occur mainly in packaged foods and will be identified as such by the label. They interfere with the metabolism of essential fatty acids and have known deleterious effect on cellular membranes.In fact, the introduction of hydrogenated fats in the food supply has been associated with the increase in ADHD,depression,learning disabilities, mood disorders,etc." page 56Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-35107667794722963252007-04-19T18:55:00.000-04:002007-04-19T18:55:00.000-04:00Did you see the meetings? I was very, very please...Did you see the meetings? I was very, very pleased with what I saw. Kudos to Sen. Harkin for asking important questions. There WERE families there, that were able to speak about their experiences. (aired on CSPAN-2)<BR/><BR/>I hope it was the first of many sessions, that may very well lead to earlier intervention, more accessible therapy/treatment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-38239948747441277252007-04-16T14:17:00.000-04:002007-04-16T14:17:00.000-04:00The question that comes to my mind is this: Is thi...The question that comes to my mind is this: Is this done - supposably - against the will of the parents or legal guardians? This cannot be done forcibly can it? (Where's the legality on how this is performed?)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-50791725106044965302007-04-15T15:04:00.000-04:002007-04-15T15:04:00.000-04:00What great questions you have!If only there were s...What great questions you have!<BR/><BR/>If only there were some sort of national forum where you could pose such important questions...<BR/><BR/>hmmm....Ginger Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200286625735078479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7771487.post-11941468966972764082007-04-15T01:29:00.000-04:002007-04-15T01:29:00.000-04:00Do you wonder why the CDC never mentions the risk ...Do you wonder why the CDC never mentions the risk factor of paternal age on its sites? Do you ever wonder why the hispanic community has a lower rate of autism? Is autism a money making venture for many people? Does the public have to figure out autism, its causes, its nature, its prevention, its varieties, each person for themselves because no one in science, in medicine, in epidemiology, in neurobiology, in psychiatry, in genetic research will tell it like it is? Is the DSM IV "new definition of autism" set up to confuse the public? Are some people in the spectrum happy and satisfied with their lives?<BR/><BR/>Why was this meeting held without the public being invited or even informed?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com