Comments on: On the Causes, and the Cause, of Autism http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 25 Dec 2009 10:02:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-533793 Kristina Chew, PhD Sun, 06 May 2007 01:29:47 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/#comment-533793 Looking forward to reading the new blog.... Looking forward to reading the new blog….

]]> By: daedalus2u http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-533821 daedalus2u Sat, 05 May 2007 18:09:07 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/#comment-533821 I have posted a new blog on the <a href="http://daedalus2u.blogspot.com/2007/05/evolution-of-asds-as-invoking-tool.html">evolution of autism spectrum disorders</a>. I think that they are "features", to invoke the tool-using phenotype. When taken to an extreme ASDs cause problems, but that is true for every other evolved feature too. I have posted a new blog on the evolution of autism spectrum disorders. I think that they are “features”, to invoke the tool-using phenotype. When taken to an extreme ASDs cause problems, but that is true for every other evolved feature too.

]]> By: Isabella Thomas http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-533924 Isabella Thomas Fri, 04 May 2007 09:32:00 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/#comment-533924 Can you put a correction in on the word 'sigh' it should read sign. Many thanks isabella Can you put a correction in on the word ’sigh’ it should read sign.

Many thanks

isabella

]]> By: Isabella Thomas http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-533925 Isabella Thomas Fri, 04 May 2007 09:30:23 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/#comment-533925 This General Medical Council against doctors helping our sick children will affect not just the UK children but the rest of the world in treating autistic children. Please sigh below and say enough is enough www.ipetitions.com/petition/GMC Isabella Thomas This General Medical Council against doctors helping our sick children will affect not just the UK children but the rest of the world in treating autistic children.

Please sigh below and say enough is enough

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

Isabella Thomas

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-533937 Kristina Chew, PhD Fri, 04 May 2007 04:03:33 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/#comment-533937 And progress counts for lots----I often think, in raising my son, I'm constantly facing one epistemelogical quandary after another---one more puzzle to sort out just when I thought I had solved the last one. AS man: thanks for the Google Books tip! NTGreek would not have been my choice for a website name.... And progress counts for lots—-I often think, in raising my son, I’m constantly facing one epistemelogical quandary after another—one more puzzle to sort out just when I thought I had solved the last one.

AS man: thanks for the Google Books tip! NTGreek would not have been my choice for a website name….

]]> By: livsparents http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-533979 livsparents Thu, 03 May 2007 16:53:23 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/#comment-533979 "Any child I’ve seen leave the spectrum it was questionable if they even should have been there. If an allergy mimics some spectrum behaviours and that allergen is found and removed then the child would move off the spectrum, but would they really have been autistic? Or just allergic?" But isn't that part of the reason for the frenetic 'quest' for that magic bullet, that 'cure'? That somehow, MY child has been MISDIAGNOSED or that whole subgroups of what has now called autism since 1994 is a misnomer and somehow it is something else? It may be denial, but if you tell a parent that, hey that kid recovering doesn't really count because that was not TRUE autism, doesn't that open up a floodgate of hope (false or not)? Having two on somewhat opposite ends of the spectrum (one non verbal and communicatively progressing very slowly; one ecolalic, generalizing and progressing at a faster pace), of dealing full-force with the quandery of what autism is and what can be done to help (I stopped using the term cure) my children progress the best they can: therapudically, medically AND biomedically... “Any child I’ve seen leave the spectrum it was questionable if they even should have been there. If an allergy mimics some spectrum behaviours and that allergen is found and removed then the child would move off the spectrum, but would they really have been autistic? Or just allergic?”

But isn’t that part of the reason for the frenetic ‘quest’ for that magic bullet, that ‘cure’? That somehow, MY child has been MISDIAGNOSED or that whole subgroups of what has now called autism since 1994 is a misnomer and somehow it is something else?

It may be denial, but if you tell a parent that, hey that kid recovering doesn’t really count because that was not TRUE autism, doesn’t that open up a floodgate of hope (false or not)?

Having two on somewhat opposite ends of the spectrum (one non verbal and communicatively progressing very slowly; one ecolalic, generalizing and progressing at a faster pace), of dealing full-force with the quandery of what autism is and what can be done to help (I stopped using the term cure) my children progress the best they can: therapudically, medically AND biomedically…

]]> By: mumkeepingsane http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-533990 mumkeepingsane Thu, 03 May 2007 13:52:24 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/#comment-533990 I think it drives people crazy that there might not be one all encompassing cause. That the answer might just be, as I heard from my mother often enough, because it is so. Any child I've seen leave the spectrum it was questionable if they even should have been there. If an allergy mimics some spectrum behaviours and that allergen is found and removed then the child would move off the spectrum, but would they really have been autistic? Or just allergic? I don't disagree with resolving physical medical problems with autistic children in the same way we would solve those issues with NT children. But I do not think that biomed will be able to move mass numbers of children off the spectrum. I think we need to be prepared to find out that there is no cause (that we can find) and that there might not be a cure. I'm ok with that. I think it drives people crazy that there might not be one all encompassing cause. That the answer might just be, as I heard from my mother often enough, because it is so.

Any child I’ve seen leave the spectrum it was questionable if they even should have been there. If an allergy mimics some spectrum behaviours and that allergen is found and removed then the child would move off the spectrum, but would they really have been autistic? Or just allergic?

I don’t disagree with resolving physical medical problems with autistic children in the same way we would solve those issues with NT children. But I do not think that biomed will be able to move mass numbers of children off the spectrum. I think we need to be prepared to find out that there is no cause (that we can find) and that there might not be a cure.

I’m ok with that.

]]> By: The AS man http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-533994 The AS man Thu, 03 May 2007 12:58:40 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/#comment-533994 FYI I saw your link for NT Greek (Bad abbreviation lol) I thought I would give people the heads up on google books search under full view for greek and new testament greek (Fully spelled out) , you find a wealth of resources. I have used google books to do a little reading on everything. (Except computers ;)) It is really good. I wish I had it 15 years ago when I was in college. FYI

I saw your link for NT Greek (Bad abbreviation lol)
I thought I would give people the heads up on google books search under full view for greek and new testament greek (Fully spelled out) , you find a wealth of resources. I have used google books to do a little reading on everything. (Except computers ;) )
It is really good. I wish I had it 15 years ago when I was in college.

]]> By: Minnie Matta http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-534001 Minnie Matta Thu, 03 May 2007 11:38:29 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-causes-and-the-cause-of-autism/#comment-534001 Special diets should not be dismissed so quickly. A close friend of mine put her daughter on the gfcf diet, and voila, she's off the spectrum. It was that easy. You talk about how important education is, and I agree with that. But my child couldn't focus in the least, therefore couldn't learn. After biomedical interventions, my child now is able to focus and learn. If I hadn't tried to heal some of the imbalances, my child would still be in an autism class with a 1-1 ratio. How can we in NJ afford 1-1 teachers for 1 out of 94 children? We can't...which is one reason why it's important to find the cause. Special diets should not be dismissed so quickly. A close friend of mine put her daughter on the gfcf diet, and voila, she’s off the spectrum. It was that easy.

You talk about how important education is, and I agree with that. But my child couldn’t focus in the least, therefore couldn’t learn. After biomedical interventions, my child now is able to focus and learn. If I hadn’t tried to heal some of the imbalances, my child would still be in an autism class with a 1-1 ratio. How can we in NJ afford 1-1 teachers for 1 out of 94 children? We can’t…which is one reason why it’s important to find the cause.

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