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 Topic: Does the Whole Mercury Poisoning thing carry any weight? |
Tortuga
Replies: 269
Views: 5133
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 10:01 am Subject: Does the Whole Mercury Poisoning thing carry any weight? |
I don't get it...
If they DO have evidence that Chelation cures autism in humans then why don't they do a very public case.
Get Independent Doctors to agree that a child is autistic.
Do the che ... |
| Topic: Asperger's Syndrome - No Sense of Humor |
Tortuga
Replies: 82
Views: 3252
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:49 am Subject: Asperger's Syndrome - No Sense of Humor |
| False. Dan Aykroyd has Asperger's. |
| Topic: Social Interaction 5 year old |
Tortuga
Replies: 14
Views: 552
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:58 pm Subject: Social Interaction 5 year old |
| I would watch your son and intervene only when absolutely necessary. Avoid correcting him in front of others, unless it's a matter of safety. Boys do not like to be corrected (embarrassed) in front of ... |
| Topic: Contemplating divorce or separation |
Tortuga
Replies: 18
Views: 660
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:51 pm Subject: Contemplating divorce or separation |
| If you divorce, you will still be tied to your husband until your youngest child turns 18. I'm divorced, however, my exh is still very much around. He still says that our son is not autistic in anyway ... |
| Topic: advice. |
Tortuga
Replies: 13
Views: 420
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:37 pm Subject: advice. |
| That is so bizarre of your sister. I imagine that her daughter is NT. I've never had a family member avoid us because my son's issues, but I did lose some friends. The women, who were my so-called fri ... |
| Topic: IQ and AS |
Tortuga
Replies: 35
Views: 1686
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 12:15 pm Subject: IQ and AS |
| My son scored above average on some subsets of a full IQ exam and below average on other subsets. However, he resents being tested in anyway and compliance was a big issue. He will gladly supply a wro ... |
| Topic: I just want to cry |
Tortuga
Replies: 17
Views: 744
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 8:25 pm Subject: I just want to cry |
| Does your son have a speech therapist? My son had very few words at age 2. After a year of speech therapy (they were only 2 one hour sessions per week), he was almost where he should have been with la ... |
| Topic: Suspended from school |
Tortuga
Replies: 21
Views: 921
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 4:36 pm Subject: Suspended from school |
| If you request his records, be sure to ask for any communications between teachers and all observations. It turned out that there were observations of my son that I was never aware of until I requeste ... |
| Topic: new and wondering! |
Tortuga
Replies: 16
Views: 591
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2007 9:41 am Subject: new and wondering! |
| It's hard to get a dx. That was my experience. My son saw so many different professionals, floundered in multiple school placements. There is no danger to starting therapy before an official dx. |
| Topic: new and wondering! |
Tortuga
Replies: 16
Views: 591
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:47 pm Subject: new and wondering! |
| If he doesn't know how to play with toys, teach him now. I taught my son after early childhood evaluator pointed out that he couldn't play with toys in an imaginative way. He did learn and I believe i ... |
| Topic: I can't let brother-in-law's girlfriend ruin my Christmas! |
Tortuga
Replies: 26
Views: 792
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:35 pm Subject: I can't let brother-in-law's girlfriend ruin my Christmas! |
I really hate it when people who don't have kids make those kinds of comments. They think they have it all figured out about kids until they have some of their own.
About her under the breath comme ... |
| Topic: family bullying - venting |
Tortuga
Replies: 15
Views: 777
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:22 pm Subject: family bullying - venting |
| I would not see them again if we were in a similar situation. |
| Topic: Parents: Did you always "know"? |
Tortuga
Replies: 26
Views: 1224
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:48 pm Subject: Parents: Did you always "know"? |
I didn't see the signs. I thought my son was just high maintenance, late talker. He has always been affectionate, so I never thought he could have a form of autism.
In hindsight, earliest sign was ... |
| Topic: Dr. Phil Special: Parents' Ultimate Test Dealing with Autism |
Tortuga
Replies: 91
Views: 4953
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Thu Dec 27, 2007 3:32 pm Subject: Dr. Phil Special: Parents' Ultimate Test Dealing with Autism |
"My mom is dead. I'm going to eat her carcass."
I'd say it's a combination of autism and poor parenting (not blaming her - she just needs more help dealing with a challenging kid). I'm autistic and ... |
| Topic: Parents see daughter's Asperger's as extraordinary gift |
Tortuga
Replies: 30
Views: 1071
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Forum: News and Current Events Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2007 9:16 pm Subject: Parents see daughter's Asperger's as extraordinary gift |
| My son is below grade level for reading. I've heard too many times from others that Aspies are good at decoding, but not comprehension. The opposite is true of my son. He's below grade level on readin ... |
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