Guest guest Posted December 7, 2000 Report Share Posted December 7, 2000 Sorry to tell you this , but our children have, throughout history, been referred to by animal terms. Terms such as " feral man " , " wolf-boy " , and the most famous " The Wild Boy of Aveyron " ...awesome reading!!!!! I compared Victor to my own son in a paper for a college composition course...the instructor cried. But I ended up loving Victor with all my heart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 RULES I love that man and what he does for Cure Autism Now! Sorry, I just had to say that (I feel better) A Jeffs mom [ ] ER TONIGHT Did anyone see ER tonight - now our Autistic children are not human........ I can't recall verbatim, but the doc examining on the show - said about his brain tumor, " " " We cannot operate, you would lose all ability to communicate and comprehend - essentially you would lose everything that makes you human......... " How nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 : I initially thought the same as you, but the other doctor said " no communication whatsoever " which I took to mean not just speech but total inability to understand communication. I think even our lowest functioning kids have some ability to communicate and there is always hope for improvement or a new treatment. Dr. Green I believe after the surgury would be pretty much in a vegetative state - again our kids are from from that! And before I get too upset I remember it is a tv show...until they have an autistic child/adult an insult him directly I'll keep watching! (and yes I remember the homeless artist/architect from several years ago) -who loves NBC Thursdays-after all, any night that starts out with Aniston can't be bad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 In a message dated 12/7/2000 11:24:14 PM Eastern Standard Time, lisa.ackerman@... writes: << Did anyone see ER tonight - now our Autistic children are not human........ >> I think they meant going from being an understanding adult, doctor, etc etc And losing it all would be no kind of life he would recommend for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2000 Report Share Posted December 8, 2000 My father ( physician) was forced to retire after 8 hours of brain surgery where they repaired 3 brain aneurysms. He can still communicate, and to most people seems normal. Actually to his friends he's normal. That's the running joke with everyone around him...he's normal..now. He was so much beyond normal before, sheer genius!!The fact that he can't remember things like he did before haunts him. And the fact that he knows that before the surgery he could have been diving into Autism research to save his grandson, and now he's unable to do more than read the research I send him and give his opinion as to whether the treatments are safe, and only do that after reviewing things he once kept in his head. He feels helpless!! He's been in the depths of depression for years, and antidepressants give him strange dreams where in one he tackled his wife and almost killed her. He was sleeping, and dreaming, yet his body still did what he was doing in his sleep, tackling a football player. His wife's screaming finally woke him, and now he feels like a mad man. It's one thing to not have, but to lose what you had, and depended on, that's devastating. Just my $0.02 nechapasi@... wrote: > : > > I initially thought the same as you, but the other doctor said " no > communication whatsoever " which I took to mean not just speech but total > inability to understand communication. I think even our lowest functioning > kids have some ability to communicate and there is always hope for > improvement or a new treatment. Dr. Green I believe after the surgury would > be pretty much in a vegetative state - again our kids are from from that! > > And before I get too upset I remember it is a tv show...until they have an > autistic child/adult an insult him directly I'll keep watching! (and yes I > remember the homeless artist/architect from several years ago) > > -who loves NBC Thursdays-after all, any night that starts out with > Aniston can't be bad! > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2000 Report Share Posted December 11, 2000 from Kansas here: Just noticed the thread on ER. Note that there is a difference between not being able to process out your feelings/needs/etc. and not being able to process ANYTHING in OR out. Also want to point out that I seem to remember name in autism conferences, etc. My .02 with 5% annual interest. Bye-bye............from Di ;+) (Special Ed. teacher & Mom to 10 year old ) " It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. " -- Thurber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 11, 2000 Report Share Posted December 11, 2000 has actually gone to Washington to testify about autism. He is very good friends with Portia Iverson and Shestack, co-founders of CAN! (Cure Autism Now!) It looks to me like the story line is going to go in the direction of exploring alternative treatments, based on the previews last week. (Cary, NC)persistentC@... Re: [ ] ER TONIGHT from Kansas here:Just noticed the thread on ER. Note that there is a difference between notbeing able to process out your feelings/needs/etc. and not being able toprocess ANYTHING in OR out. Also want to point out that I seem to remember name in autism conferences, etc. My .02 with 5% annualinterest.Bye-bye............from Di ;+)(Special Ed. teacher & Mom to 10 year old )"It is better to know some of the questions than all of theanswers."-- Thurber Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 4, 2002 Report Share Posted April 4, 2002 That Cure Autism Now poster has hung in the ER for some time. It's always fun to catch a glimpse of it. I also saw some Flutie Flakes in the doctor's lounge in one episode. I read that is making a tv movie about Temple Grandin, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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