rogert

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   by rogert 12y ago

   Hah! I wish my autistic kid was merely spoiled and undisciplined. On the contrary like many autistic kids my kid is very quiet, too quiet, in fact doesn't even respond to pretty much anything going on in the area. I envy parents with s
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   by rogert 12y ago

   Perhaps at high-functioning end of the spectrum you can get plenty of misdiagnosis, but certainly for the bulk of autistic people you can tell that by the age of 3 when a child simply ignores everyone around them as if people around them do
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   by rogert 12y ago

   Yes, but there's a significant percentage of people on the autism literally can not follow instructions, or cannot the focus to listen when spoken to, or cannot comprehend language. They require life long care, employable for small tas
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   by rogert 12y ago

   As another parent of a child with autism who is barely verbal, I have to agree, this is not the same as Aspergers. In fact, I think you'll agree, we hope our kids will one day only be diagnosed with Aspergers! The problem with classify