Comments on: Age of Autism claim ‘hundreds of case reports’ of recovered children

By: pharma shill

pharma shill — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:39:43 +0000

it’s so obvious this site is so fake!

shills!

By: Autism Blog - » Blog Archive » Age of Autism’s reporter of the year 2008

Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:48:03 +0000

[...] A lot of David’s post is factless twaddle and made me quite angry to read. He (like everyone else on his side of the autism divide) states there are thousands of recovered autistic kids? Where? Where are the case studies? Certainly not in PubMed. [...]

By: More Thoughts on Recovery, Again While Grocery Shopping

More Thoughts on Recovery, Again While Grocery Shopping — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 01:44:21 +0000

[...] over a year ago I wrote down some thoughts on recovery while grocery shopping. Kev at Left Brain/Right Brain blogged recently about some claims on Age of Autism about “‘‘hundreds of case [...]

By: David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction)

David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:46:18 +0000

“I’m thinking of calling myself Grunthos the Flatulent in protest of the GFCF diet hysteria.”

PMFHOL!

We are probably the only two here who really know where our towels are!

Oh Frettled Gruntbuggly….

By: Vogon Poet

Vogon Poet — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:46:16 +0000

I’m thinking of calling myself Grunthos the Flatulent in protest of the GFCF diet hysteria.

By: Kev

Kev — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 19:00:46 +0000

What pD said. Made me laugh even before I’d read anything you said :)

By: passionlessDrone

passionlessDrone — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:52:28 +0000

Hi Vogon Poet –
Great name!

– pD

By: farmwifetwo

farmwifetwo — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:36:11 +0000

My kid doesn’t even know he’s different and he’s 9. We’ve never told him. What’s the point at this age. Actually I was discussing his younger brother’s autism (used the word) with my Mother one day and he says “I don’t have autism”. My reply “No, you’re just perfect”. He has no clue that the extra supports make him different than the rest of his classmates… for him… it’s just the way it is. One day, we’ll explain things… but not today.

Social is still delayed but not enough to worry about and behavioural is doing very well too. We have a token program now in his class which is helping a lot in teaching him how to take part appropriately in the classroom.

We have a meeting after Xmas to deal with reading comp and IEP. It’s more oral than words. He has short term memory issues – this fall’s psychometric test – so I think we need to teach him to use the materials. Open book style.

I have 3 weeks to think about it and try different things and see what suggestions the SLP has.

I’m just happy to have the issue documented it in a report form. Now, we can sort out how to help him get around it.

He’s having a amazing year. Best part of the report card was the comment at the bottom “The Child seems content this year in the classroom”. Perfect.

By: Vogon Poet

Vogon Poet — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 05:40:02 +0000

sighs
If I hear the word “recovered” one more time, I might puke.
Being Autistic, is not like being lost luggage.

@farmwifetwo:
The poor reading comprehension is nothing to worry about, it’s just a different way we process information.
To comprehend complex texts, I often draw little charts and tables to organize and visualize the information.
I don’t know if it occured to you, that the whole negative language, associated with “curing” Autism gives the kid a feeling of inadequacy, and if you accepted his differences in thinking, he could develop more confidence in learning things his own way.

By: David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction)

David N. Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:06:14 +0000

“A classic example is the homeopaths in-house comic Homeopathy. Still, its inclusion does mean that I’m an indexed author!”

I’m going to have to write an article for that ‘journal’ on the topic of ‘psychological factors in cases of homeopath suicides by underdose’.

Think they’d accept it?

LoL