Re: Martha Herbert, Time to get a Grip

[Guest guest]

Thank you so much for posting this. I have sent the link to the local

NAS group and asked them to circulate to members, also to Henry's

paediatrician. I sahll also give a copy to the GP.

Margaret

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> http://www.autism-society.org/site/DocServer/eh_get_a_grip.pdf?

> docID=4821

>

> And if environment is involved in

> autism, what do we do about it?

> These are challenging questions.

> Because our available information

> is complicated in many ways, each

> of us answers these questions based

> on our own judgment and deeply

> held worldviews.

> We already know enough to take the

> environmental role in autism seriously. To say

> that the environment is involved in causing and

> triggering autism means that we believe that there

> have been new and different things going on in

> recent years, and that these developments have

> impact upon us. This is an easy claim to defend,

> and I will do that in this article.

> To say that environmental factors can cause or

> trigger autism means that we have to look at the

> whole person and whole body, since environmental

> toxins and stressors will affect the whole body.

> This involves shifting from an older model that

> considers autism as a genetically determined " brain

> disorder " to a newer and more inclusive model that

> considers autistic behaviors as one of many effects

> of both genetic and environmental impacts on the

> whole person, including but not limited to the

> brain.9

> This newer model of autism (or really, autisms,

> since there are many kinds of autism) implies

> that we have great opportunities to do constructive

> things about this challenge. To say that there

> are environmental causes and triggers of autism

> implies both that we can prevent the impairments

> associated with at least some kinds of autism, and

> that the suffering associated with at least some

> kinds of autism can be treated.

>

>

> CLICK ON LINK TO READ THE REST

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, people email to your doctors and paeds and anyone else!

> >

> > http://www.autism-society.org/site/DocServer/eh_get_a_grip.pdf?

> > docID=4821

> >

> > And if environment is involved in

> > autism, what do we do about it?

> > These are challenging questions.

> > Because our available information

> > is complicated in many ways, each

> > of us answers these questions based

> > on our own judgment and deeply

> > held worldviews.

> > We already know enough to take the

> > environmental role in autism seriously. To say

> > that the environment is involved in causing and

> > triggering autism means that we believe that there

> > have been new and different things going on in

> > recent years, and that these developments have

> > impact upon us. This is an easy claim to defend,

> > and I will do that in this article.

> > To say that environmental factors can cause or

> > trigger autism means that we have to look at the

> > whole person and whole body, since environmental

> > toxins and stressors will affect the whole body.

> > This involves shifting from an older model that

> > considers autism as a genetically determined " brain

> > disorder " to a newer and more inclusive model that

> > considers autistic behaviors as one of many effects

> > of both genetic and environmental impacts on the

> > whole person, including but not limited to the

> > brain.9

> > This newer model of autism (or really, autisms,

> > since there are many kinds of autism) implies

> > that we have great opportunities to do constructive

> > things about this challenge. To say that there

> > are environmental causes and triggers of autism

> > implies both that we can prevent the impairments

> > associated with at least some kinds of autism, and

> > that the suffering associated with at least some

> > kinds of autism can be treated.

> >

> >

> > CLICK ON LINK TO READ THE REST

> >

>