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PsycStudent
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| StuartN wrote: | | PsycStudent wrote: | | There's a great take-this-redundant-argument-down breakdown of this excuse of a debate on this site: |
Tony Humphreys did grant a single interview to Claire Byrne on RTE Radio 1 on Saturday, in which he absolutely defended his view that absence of love (unconsciously) causes autism, and that this is Good News because it means that unconditionally loving and non-judgemental therapy (his business) provides a cure. The interview is quoted and rebuffed in a lengthy blog post at http://www.thejournal.ie/insulting-and-outrageous-james-reilly-slams-tony-humphreys-autism-comments-354994-Feb2012/
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So he's saying 'I now the cause, now you can pay me and I'll fix it'? This is unreal. . .
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StuartN
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 4:51 am Post subject: |
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| PsycStudent wrote: | | So he's saying 'I now the cause, now you can pay me and I'll fix it'? This is unreal. . . |
Tony Humphreys ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Humphreys ) is going to be on Ireland AM tomorrow morning, at 8:15am.
There has been a lot of coverage of the original article, but very little opportunity to clarify exactly what he means when he says autism and Asperger syndrome do not exist ("The former 'condition' was an attempt to understand severely emotionally withdrawn children, the latter concept, which is being used in an alarmingly and rapidly increasing way, is an attempt to explain children's more moderate emotional and social difficulties.") and are caused by interaction with adults ("An unconscious collusion can emerge between parents and teachers to have these children psychiatrically assessed so that the spotlight is put on the children and not their adult carers' own emotional and social struggles. Regretfully, the relationship contexts of the childrens' lives are not examined and their mature development is often sacrificed on the fires of the unresolved emotiuonal defences of those adults who are responsible for their care.").
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 5:38 am Post subject: |
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| Huphreys can go f**k himself. |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| Unspecified wrote: | | Huphreys can go f**k himself. |
You know, most of the time I'd call that sort of an insult uncreative, but in this instance, I agree. F**king himself would be a lot more productive than what he's been doing with his time.
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| CrazyCatLord wrote: | "Dr Tony Humphreys is a consultant clinical psychologist ..."
No surprise there  Psychologists are to psychiatry and neurology what storks are to obstetrics. |
Many of them, yes. But not all of them. |
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| Callista wrote: | | I agree. F**king himself would be a lot more productive than what he's been doing with his time. |
Dr Tony Humphreys was on TV3 Ireland AM this morning and appeared alone (i.e. without any parent or autism advocate, because he refused to appear with any, and without any psychologist, because they are too busy hiding). The discussion also featured on the Midday programme on TV3 because of the sheer volume of calls, tweets, faxes and emails that they have had to deal with from parents - the voice of autistic people is not hugely represented. The best outcome of all is the headline that I think the print papers will take up later, a direct quote:
| Dr Tony Humphreys, Consultant Clinical Psychologist wrote: | Autism is a theory
When you use the word autism you’re suggesting it’s a fact. Autism is a theory. It is not a fact |
http://www.thejournal.ie/autism-is-a-theory-tony-humphreys-defends-controversial-examiner-article-364800-Feb2012/ |
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