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I am the dad of my 4 y/o daughter Liv. She was dx in August of 07. Liv is my only child. If you stop by my page leave me a post below. God Speed to you all.
I am in my mid 30's recently divorced (unrelated to autism & pre-regression). Liv & I enjoy the outdoors as much as possible. This summer I hope to take her camping with me. BTW, I am the worst speller of all time please take a laugh at how I spell ;)
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by KevinLivsDad on 03.14.08 - public - 167 visits
I remember a ped. that has been practicing over 20 years. When ever they came across an Autistic Child it was a novelty that they would parade to interns.
I know principles, elem. ed teachers who have been in their professions for 20+ years who have NEVER experienced the flood of truly special needs ASD children. They are overwhelmed & say it is not the latest diagnostic expansion of ASD criteria. Even before the diagnostic criteria changed they all said these kids would have been special needs children with the need for specialized ed even 20+ years ago.
I have come across so many friends, family, & co-workers that have children with ASD. Just by my experience it is overwhelming and a true epidemic that threatens a generation. We all need to make ASD the emergency that it is. Lets make the most of ASD awareness month in April & raise some hell (awareness) to deal with Generation Autism's epidemic
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4muskateers
Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2008
well when I graduated in 1996 in my psyc. books there was a mention of autism, a full paragraph on the subject. Now you go to school and you can specialize in it. Something went wrong in the 90's BIG TIME.
mercurymom
Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2008
My Mom was a college student in the 1950's. The word AUTISM was written on the board by a teacher and it was talked about. The students were told "If you ever get to see one of these kids, do, but more than likely you will never see one in your life time." Mom now 75..is in a support group for Grandmother of autistic childern..My how things change in 50 years..I hope the next 50 Autism becomes something you study in a dark part of American History...
carmel66
Posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2008
I was discussing this with our pediatrican about 2 years ago - why the rise, what is different in the world. He said that the only thing he could think that was different in the 20 years he was a doc was "t.v." - television! So he wanted to replace the refrigerator mom theory with the television mother theory.
Motherof4
Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2008
There was a question out there for a while, whether more kids were receiving the autism diagnosis when they didn't really have it. All I can say is, look at these kids-- to me there's no question that there's more autism out there. I agree, awareness needs to be raised.
AWETISM
Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2008
Hey join us at GLAD and dec out your car!! The prizes are AWESOME and awareness will help sooo many new families!!!
slhh130
Posted on Thu, 13 Mar 2008
I agree. Something is making this happen besides my genetic legacy combined with my husband's.
