tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post1960320200540253827..comments2023-03-03T03:23:13.715-08:00Comments on Autista: Late Bloomers, Loners and Sensitive TypesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-7262776277914739912010-02-15T15:32:55.350-08:002010-02-15T15:32:55.350-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-61853904741023729522010-02-06T06:30:37.646-08:002010-02-06T06:30:37.646-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-38984174855451277182010-01-21T19:35:53.686-08:002010-01-21T19:35:53.686-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-51126607744548011462010-01-10T08:36:25.621-08:002010-01-10T08:36:25.621-08:00Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your ol...Your blog keeps getting better and better! Your older articles are not as good as newer ones you have a lot more creativity and originality now keep it up!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-1971233142680490042007-11-13T13:02:00.000-08:002007-11-13T13:02:00.000-08:00Hi, I'm new here but liked your post. I've looked ...Hi, I'm new here but liked your post. I've looked at the book jacket for Jenny McCarthy's book and been seriously turned off by it. I don't believe that autism is something that can necessarily be "cured" if we as parents just fight hard enough. At some point acceptance has to creep in. My 15 year old autistic son has made great gains (in my eyes) but remains autistic. I chalk most of it up to growing up. Just like with a "normal" kid. And I really squirm when life with an autistic child is portrayed as a living hell. My son's a great, joyful kid and at this point there's less drama with him than with his "normal" sister. Anyway, nice post.Dtoddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10337551231302509162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-81007729219107359232007-10-08T06:39:00.000-07:002007-10-08T06:39:00.000-07:00Thank you for this post. With our son, we are just...Thank you for this post. With our son, we are just beginning the long struggle -- and we are often puzzled by the need of institutions (hospitals schools etc.) to label him and to draw assumptions over what he will be able or not able to do, based on the labels they stick on him.<BR/>Ok, Enrico doesn't talk at three. He plays in repetitive, elementary ways, he is scared of unknown people, he does not socialize with other kids. We know these *are* problems. But as soon as he's been labeled as an autistic kid, people started to assume he couldn't have a real affective relationship, or show curiosity for the world, or learn things fast and well, or enjoy a hug and a kiss, etc. -- and that's not only untrue, but precludes a real comprehension of his character.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-88988943109941692152007-10-06T11:51:00.000-07:002007-10-06T11:51:00.000-07:00Another wonderful and thought provoking post. I o...Another wonderful and thought provoking post. I often wonder when Nik seems to have these significant leaps forward —how much of it is simply the passage of time and his own natural pace. Yes, he needs lots of supports and seems to thrive with them, but he also has done remarkably well in some ares with NO supports.Niksmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715465327343655483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-28812056284671808932007-10-06T07:36:00.000-07:002007-10-06T07:36:00.000-07:00I oft grapple with whether we would have had the s...I oft grapple with whether we would have had the same attitude with Grace had Liv not been more severely autistic (better said in a hypothetical not autistic)? Would we just have considered her 'quirky', laughing at her cute way of echoing TV shows and us. I'm wondering with regards to PDD-NOS to use a term, whether this therapy 'trip' is really necessary or, with the proper attention and educational 'tweeking', (admittedly probably remarkably like therapy anyway) whether Grace would turn out 'normal'... or at least as abnormal as 20-50% of population out there...LIVSPARENTShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16992662086465958685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-58242964471716432752007-10-05T18:50:00.000-07:002007-10-05T18:50:00.000-07:00Excellent post. I was a "late bloomer" and a "wall...Excellent post. I was a "late bloomer" and a "wallflower".Bevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06766614739853100172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-85802518439003715952007-10-05T16:54:00.000-07:002007-10-05T16:54:00.000-07:00We are in the middle of this fight right now- not ...We are in the middle of this fight right now- not with my Joey, but with Andy. Andy has sensory integration disorder. In non-medical terms, he's sensitive to some things to the point that it is disrupting his ability to participate in a group. In some ways, it is a label that helps us understand how to help. In other ways, it has excluded him from school. What to do? <BR/><BR/>Blog, I suppose. :PJoeymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-58172683232153644762007-10-05T07:29:00.000-07:002007-10-05T07:29:00.000-07:00I loved this post. Thank you. It's unfortunate tha...I loved this post. Thank you. It's unfortunate that the labels are the only thing that open the door to services. In the end, they are just words on paper. They aren't living, breathing children. We always want everything to be placed in a box and tied with a string. But some things don't fit in the box.kristen spinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12099514779097752438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-25984248718084986302007-10-04T23:48:00.000-07:002007-10-04T23:48:00.000-07:00Odd that you should mention that, because I grew u...Odd that you should mention that, because I grew up in a farming community and the society that I was thinking back to was, in fact, a rural one.VABhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06652301858477760996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8741614075209735587.post-67376863325553776412007-10-04T20:52:00.000-07:002007-10-04T20:52:00.000-07:00Great post.I initially was reluctant to have our s...Great post.<BR/><BR/>I initially was reluctant to have our son "labeled", until I realized that without the label he wasn't going to get the support he needed. Even with the label he almost got suspended from Kindergarten.<BR/><BR/>Grinker describes in "Unstrange Minds" how some different countries and cultures consider autistic kids as just kids that need to be supported, and don't necessarily label them. He also describes how sometimes rural communities are more accepting of individual differences, and find a place for the person.<BR/><BR/>But the reality in the US in this century seems to be that everyone must have a label.<BR/><BR/>JoeClub 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.com