Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 If autism and other spectrum disorders are all genetic, then wouldn't the government be warning everyone to stop having children. The ONLY thing all of us have in common is that we thought we were protecting our children. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 Did you have kids after your child was dxed? You wanna talk about raining on one's parade. When I got pregnant with Dinah 6 months after Allie was diagnosed, there were lots of proverbial pins hitting the floors. Seems everyone thinks I have bad genes. Funny thing is, these were my genetic relatives! Debi > > If autism and other spectrum disorders are all genetic, then wouldn't > the government be warning everyone to stop having children. The ONLY > thing all of us have in common is that we thought we were protecting > our children. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 No family history of autism in my family until.. lets say after 1990, when my nephew was diagnosed, and then my son, and then my other nephew. If it is genetic it is genetic suscepibility to something new. We were all trying to protect our children from those diseases that now don't seem so apparent. I hope this doesn't stop people in my family from having less kids - that would be a shame. They need to be more careful. Steve Keep Hg Out of Africa..... > > If autism and other spectrum disorders are all genetic, then wouldn't > the government be warning everyone to stop having children. The ONLY > thing all of us have in common is that we thought we were protecting > our children. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 My son has asperger's, but when he was 4, we thought we had a genius. He was a wonderful baby when he got his way...lol...didn't need me all the time. He was happy just doing his own thing, learned to read all by himself, extremely picky eater though. after his little sister was born I really knew something was wrong. I feel like a Momma dog trying to raise a puppy( my NT daughter) and kitten (my AS son) Thinking HEY where did this come from? But I can say, They sure make you look at the world in a new way. God Bless them All! Rob 16 Candace 11 Mom Frazzled > > > > If autism and other spectrum disorders are all genetic, then wouldn't > > the government be warning everyone to stop having children. The ONLY > > thing all of us have in common is that we thought we were protecting > > our children. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 We got pregnant with #3 just after our genetic counseling session where we were told almost nothing except you have a 25% chance of having another autistic child. But that's simply the basic statistics number they tell every parent! One of our pediatricians told me he'd never heard of a family having more than one autistic child. This was 1998, when we were wondering about my 2nd child. An elderly, and highly regarded neurologist in Philly told me categorically that my eldest showed no signs of autism at age 2.75. " Just get her some speech therapy. " And now, with three autie beauties people wonder why I'm not always so kindly disposed toward the allopaths! By the way, I've zipped that Dr. Mercola " Town of Allopath " to a lot of people. It's great! Kim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 26, 2006 Report Share Posted March 26, 2006 I stopped the " genetic " madness here by NOT vax'ing my youngest. But would bet the ranch that if he were pumped full of the same amounts of mercury as Gavin, that Liam would be " autie " too --they had similar starts... reflux, eczema, milk allergy,ear infections.... Re: genetics....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 My 3 yr old has a language delay, but is otherwise typical. When they tested her at Child Find, they all knew Allie & every one of them told me they believe she would have autism if it weren't for us not immunizing. Of course, this is just gut feeling, but it's a feeling I've had since her birth when I told every nurse that came into the room to note her chart that I'm insistent she does not have persmission for any vaccines. If I'd researched vit K I would have denied that one, too. Debi > > I stopped the " genetic " madness here by NOT vax'ing my youngest. > But would bet the ranch that if he were pumped full of the same amounts of > mercury as Gavin, that Liam would be " autie " too --they had similar > starts... reflux, eczema, milk allergy,ear infections.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 Debi wrote: " When they tested her at Child Find, they all knew Allie & every one of them told me they believe she would have autism if it weren't for us not immunizing " . -Someone needs to help me here. It seems that some of our therapists, OT's, etc. are much more intelligent than our pediatricians. When my son was going to an early intervention program (one of the best in my state according to our ped), there were three or four books there in the waiting room about the dangers of vaccinations. When I went to a talk at a local chiropractors office about vaccinations (I was concerned that my youngest child might contract Hep B, if I didn't vaccinate him, lol!) who was there? The entire staff of OT's and the director at my child's school for early intervention. What's up with that? Sue M. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2006 Report Share Posted March 27, 2006 I think some of it is because doctors are there for a few seconds and that's it. THe therapists are the ones who end up with genuine investments in the kids, develop bonds, etc. Doctors, in general, seem to me to not want to learn. I was also talking with someone about the wonderful doc we're seeing here in TN. He has a son with autism. Then we considered other DAN! and DAN! type docs who have kids with autism. *Generally* speaking, the ones with kids seem to listen more and spend more time trying to help the individual instead of following a chart of treatments without individual considerations. But the same could be said for myself, in that before I had a child with autism I could have cared less about learning anything about autism. Debi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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