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 Topic: Baron-Cohen Asperger Article in NYT |
Tantybi
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 Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:49 am Subject: Baron-Cohen Asperger Article in NYT |
After reading a bunch of these posts.....
I have to admit that I never really thought about the effects of lumping everything into autism would have on research.
I was all for the idea at firs ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:43 pm Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
I want to thank everyone for their input so far...
I want to point out that I have a theory formulating (in the draft phase), and your input (all of you) has played a role in shaping my theories o ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:24 pm Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
pandd,
I'm not going to argue with you anymore. You are not coming up with anything new, and most of your rhetoric is nonsense and that's because you decided I am wrong and you won't stop until yo ... |
| Topic: Baron-Cohen Asperger Article in NYT |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 8:20 pm Subject: Baron-Cohen Asperger Article in NYT |
I agree that some of those medications do help people, especially when suicide is a factor; however, we are still working on a concept of "strong evidence." To me, that's not enough to be prescribi ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:42 pm Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
| Asperger's cannot be a personality disorder, it has physical symptoms. If it was personality only, then the clumsiness couldn't be explained with anything, and neither could the sensory oversensitivit ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 6:36 pm Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
pandd,
I'm not going to argue with you anymore. You are not coming up with anything new, and most of your rhetoric is nonsense and that's because you decided I am wrong and you won't stop until yo ... |
| Topic: Baron-Cohen Asperger Article in NYT |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 10:36 am Subject: Baron-Cohen Asperger Article in NYT |
we already do treat a diagnosis that is solely based on behavior with medication
I agree with you about how the DSM is poorly written and is just a bunch of ambiguous behaviors. However, medication i ... |
| Topic: Baron-Cohen Asperger Article in NYT |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 15, 2009 7:53 am Subject: Baron-Cohen Asperger Article in NYT |
| I'm just happy someone else finally pointed out how much the DSM is basically a book of behaviors. He did refer to it as "the Bible" and too many shrinks really do see it as set in stone. Now if he ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 2:37 pm Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Pandd
If you read the context of the quote, it does also state, “While some individuals with Autism experience mental retardation, by definition a person with Asperger's Disorder cannot possess a " ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Thu Nov 12, 2009 8:32 am Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
pandd
I was using the term mild autism to mean high functioning (can pee in the toilet more often than not, can clean up own vomit, able to shower and brush teeth, can roll over by themselves at ni ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:02 am Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Uh, personality is partially genetic, partially environmentally determined, it's not a choice.
Thank you.
Just some supporting documentation on the subject....
Quote:
Almost everyday we d ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 11, 2009 12:28 am Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
| Tantybi you might have used the phrase “mild autism” but your only specification in respect of this was to link it to whatever Hans Asperger was describing. This is not only instances where the person ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:38 am Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
To try to argue otherwise...let's go with this... PDD... NON SPECIFIC. NON SPECIFIC means we really don't know exactly, but shoot if you look autistic to me. My husband calls it the SWAG treatment ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 10:00 am Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Certainly, but the point is that if one person is introverted and another is extroverted, then they certainly do not have a personality in common. Since some people with AS are introverted, and so ... |
| Topic: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Tantybi
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Posted: Tue Nov 10, 2009 7:50 am Subject: My New Theory on the Spectrum |
Saying PDD NOS is the same as saying I dont know
LOL only cause it's true.
Some people lumped into that category are also what I call, Aspergers with a speech delay. Some are, "you fit somewhe ... |
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