HUGE Autism ruling: No Proof that vaccines cause autism

[AKA_Monet]

Originally Posted by AGDee

A co-worker and I were discussing this yesterday and she said "Well they've got to find out why there are so many more kids with autism now than before!" I suggested that it's possible that more children are simply being diagnosed. There may be a lot of children with Asperger's whose parents/teachers/doctors aren't aware enough to recognize it. Perhaps, when we were kids, they were just the odd kids. There is more standardized testing now and we know more every day about these types of disorders. I agree that's it is probably the result of a the "perfect storm" of factors that prevents proper neurological development, particular in the way the brain handles and processes sensory stimuli.

I agree...

I also think parents would pop us one if we acted out of order back in the day... I don't know many of people my parents age or older who would absolutely not take down trees to beat us with switches.

The issue with child behavior and autism is that these children are well over the top of "reasonable" child behavior... Falling out on the floor kicking and screaming in the grocery store for 10 minutes is one thing... Doing it for 10 hours is another... There is absolutely little way to manage public behavior like that. When it is 1-2 y/o it's one thing... 6-8 y/o another...

And you cannot corporal punish for that for these kids to "get" it. They just don't...

Which makes child rearing functionally different than it was 40+ years ago...

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AKA_Monet

The issue with child behavior and autism is that these children are well over the top of "reasonable" child behavior... Falling out on the floor kicking and screaming in the grocery store for 10 minutes is one thing... Doing it for 10 hours is another... There is absolutely little way to manage public behavior like that. When it is 1-2 y/o it's one thing... 6-8 y/o another...

You're right, at least as to some of these kids. Not all autistic kids will have such extreme behavior, although every parent I know with a kid on the spectrum has, at one time or another, had to deal with the kid doing something in public that they just can't control and that draws the looks of everyone else, especially other parents.

The looks can get old and can really wear on you. We almost ordered these cards one time. Fortunately, we really haven't needed anything like that in a good while.