2653 4 Autistic Kids
Posted by KidFreeLuvnLife
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Re: 2653 4 Autistic Kids April 01, 2008 |
Having Asperger's is one thing. I also know what it's like to be shy and awkward, as I was like that in school myself. Perhaps I had a mild form of it, seriously, as in childhood I was always more wrapped up in certain activities I liked to do than in interacting with people. (But I learned early on that most "friends" are not reliable. That played a role too.)
There is a school of thought that many extremely bright computer/mathematics/scientific "geeks"—I once was in that category—actually have mild Asperger's; Dr. Simon Baron Cohen, whom Mercurior's post mentions, has put forth that idea. By the way, he is a cousin to Sasha Baron Cohen of "Borat" fame.
There's more to the disorder than that, as some families with affected children say that even as adults their children cannot do certain things such as handle money and the like. As one lady told me about her adult Asperger's son, "If you give him $100 and tell him to hold onto it, he'll buy, say, $100 worth of Tic-Tacs [candy] or something like that. He has no concept of keeping the money to pay for more important things or bills."
I hope the best for Mercurior and Rowan with their disorder and hope they understand that my comments about autism aren't directed at them.
Having full-blown autism is a different story from Asperger's. My beef is with the parents who let their autistic-spectrum children do foolishness such as screaming and smearing feces on the wall. That behavior needs to be controlled, not excused on the grounds of disability, and aversion therapy such as spanking is one way that works to stop it.
When I worked in corrections, inmates engaged in this behavior as well. These guys were invariably trying to get back at authority figures, demanding attention, or both. Yes, they faced punishment. But the best way to cure the problem in the long term was to order a cellhouse worker (another inmate) to clean their poop-stained cell while the perp was moved to isolation. Later, the inmate stuck with the cleanup had ways of ensuring the problem didn't repeat itself—by confronting the culprit once he returned to the cellhouse from isolation... Talk about aversion "therapy", heh heh.
Also, after it became apparent that this couple's children were prone to develop severe autism-spectrum disorders, they should have taken that as a signal to stop having kyds! Geez, Louise!
There is a school of thought that many extremely bright computer/mathematics/scientific "geeks"—I once was in that category—actually have mild Asperger's; Dr. Simon Baron Cohen, whom Mercurior's post mentions, has put forth that idea. By the way, he is a cousin to Sasha Baron Cohen of "Borat" fame.
There's more to the disorder than that, as some families with affected children say that even as adults their children cannot do certain things such as handle money and the like. As one lady told me about her adult Asperger's son, "If you give him $100 and tell him to hold onto it, he'll buy, say, $100 worth of Tic-Tacs [candy] or something like that. He has no concept of keeping the money to pay for more important things or bills."
I hope the best for Mercurior and Rowan with their disorder and hope they understand that my comments about autism aren't directed at them.
Having full-blown autism is a different story from Asperger's. My beef is with the parents who let their autistic-spectrum children do foolishness such as screaming and smearing feces on the wall. That behavior needs to be controlled, not excused on the grounds of disability, and aversion therapy such as spanking is one way that works to stop it.
When I worked in corrections, inmates engaged in this behavior as well. These guys were invariably trying to get back at authority figures, demanding attention, or both. Yes, they faced punishment. But the best way to cure the problem in the long term was to order a cellhouse worker (another inmate) to clean their poop-stained cell while the perp was moved to isolation. Later, the inmate stuck with the cleanup had ways of ensuring the problem didn't repeat itself—by confronting the culprit once he returned to the cellhouse from isolation... Talk about aversion "therapy", heh heh.
Also, after it became apparent that this couple's children were prone to develop severe autism-spectrum disorders, they should have taken that as a signal to stop having kyds! Geez, Louise!
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