Comments on: 8 Autism Bills in California

By: Paying the Bills: Seeking Insurance Coverage in Missouri

Paying the Bills: Seeking Insurance Coverage in Missouri — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:51:16 +0000

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By: ange

ange — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:21:32 +0000

same thing going on in Missouri, seems like half of the bills related to disability have to do with autism

By: Kristina Chew, PhD

Kristina Chew, PhD — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 00:09:51 +0000

@Regan, so far, not a very high opinion of Perata—-my dad has a lot of reservations about anyone in politics.

@Ivar T,

I do think there is a “care crisis”—-there’s been a lot of talk in the US media though of an “autism epidemic” as a “health care crisis” and I think that’s the meaning implied. Certainly there’s an ever-present need for services for autistic persons.

By: Ivar T

Ivar T — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:09:37 +0000

I’m not sure if I quite understand the English subtleties (norwegian) and the words “health care crisis” right now, but from my perspective it seems like a “care crisis” for autism is something that might have existed for a long time, unrecognized. It doesn’t seem to implicate that there’s any epidemic.

I get the impression that “[treatment/bill/whatever] for autism” easily provokes the neurodiversity community, while not “[treatment/bill/whatever] as a benefit for autistics”. I agree that the first is more appropriate while I don’t think autism acceptance has come so far that it’s a discussion worth starting.

By: H6

H6 — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:45:08 +0000

Suppose these three hypotheses turn out to be true:

1) Genetic predisposition + HHV-6 = Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

2) Genetic predisposition + HHV-6 = MS

3) Genetic predisposition + HHV-6 = autism

Wouldn’t that suggest that there is potentially a contagious element in all three of these problems/issues?

There is a growing amount of evidence to support 1 and 2.

As for the autism-HHV-6 link, here’s a start:
http://members.jorsm.com/~binstock/hhv6.htm

And there is a discussion of autism and HHV-6 in the forum section of this HHV-6 site:
http://www.hhv-6foundation.org/

By: Regan

Regan — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 18:18:04 +0000

Haven’t looked closely at the CA bills but,
LOL–I would be very interested in your Dad’s opinion of Sen. Perata (just kidding, a little) –because Don Perata was my high school’s civics teacher and was considered a really “cool” guy way back in the way back. One of those small world kind of things.