I also find it intersting that Mr. Doherty comes over here and complains and harps about someone maligning someone else when on his very own blog he maligns the neurodiversoty folks all the time. What a hypocrite.

I believe that for most people, the disorders and conditions are lifelong. However, I would say that there are small numbers of people that do seem to grow out of lots of different ailments and I’ll bet someone could find an example with these conditions/disorders. However, by no means did I intend to imply that it was the norm or that it should be expected.

I never intended to imply that those who have the condition have done something wrong or haven’t tried hard enough. The fact that no one has a clear description of these disorders/conditions, let alone a clear recommended treatment, I can’t imagine why anyone would feel that way, or how people could publically accuse others of not trying hard enough.

However, not being a parent to children having any of these conditions, I can’t speak from experience. However, I have noted that a lot of animosity that exists between the various autistic communities derives from blatent accusations of poor, lack of, inadequate, useless, or dangerous attempts at treatment. The anger and unhealthy animosity is very sad and ultimately counterproductive.

I am afraid that, this being an autism blog, everything is seen from the lens of autism! Certainly a definite link between autism and vaccines has been created in the cultural imagination, and certainly misleading deceptions can arise from such associations. These are too unfortunate.

Marla: “I have never been thrilled with having to put my child on medication but we have been with medication and without and I will say that she needs the medication”—-this is precisely how I feel about medicating my son. It was not an easy decision to make; it has helped him, as have so many other things, especially good teaching—-he is doing pretty well, too.