Re: Oh - so very well said Mr. Kirby!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes...

[Guest guest]

Thank you for sending that article. I can only speak from personal

experience, but I remember in the late 1960's being around disabled children.

My

brother was very ADHD, he was born ten months before me, and died at the age of

14 because of his fearlessness. When he was younger, the children from the

school for disabled children would come to my house and go swimming with

assistance. Most of the children were mentally retarded, many had cerebral

palsy,

but I do not recall any having the characteristics of what we call autism or

autism spectrum disorder. Later, a relative lived in a group home in the

late 70's, early 80's and only one person in the group home had autism. I

recall the description of autism at the time and how odd the disorder seemed.

Most in the adult group home in the early 80's had forms of cerebral palsy and

schizophrenia. The incidence of autism in my experience has exploded over the

last decade and the fact that more males are susceptible reminds me of the

fact that statistically all male babies are more susceptible and weak as

compared to female babies to environmental factors. That is why there are more

females in the general population. My son has " integration disorder " , my

daughters are normal. Yes, I think something stinks in the state of Denmark as

they say, and I wouldn't be surprised if there is something being hidden from

us.

Peg

[Guest guest]

There is a yahoo list for Biomedical intervention, I am sure some of

you guys know about it, but it's an excellent starting place for

information and questions. Here is the address:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/abmd/

The list has over 3300 participants in the US and worldwide, so the

email is heavy, but you can join and read it on the web instead of

getting emails.

Nagla

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> Thank you for sending that article. I can only speak from personal

> experience, but I remember in the late 1960's being around

disabled children. My

> brother was very ADHD, he was born ten months before me, and died

at the age of

> 14 because of his fearlessness. When he was younger, the children

from the

> school for disabled children would come to my house and go

swimming with

> assistance. Most of the children were mentally retarded, many had

cerebral palsy,

> but I do not recall any having the characteristics of what we call

autism or

> autism spectrum disorder. Later, a relative lived in a group home

in the

> late 70's, early 80's and only one person in the group home had

autism. I

> recall the description of autism at the time and how odd the

disorder seemed.

> Most in the adult group home in the early 80's had forms of

cerebral palsy and

> schizophrenia. The incidence of autism in my experience has

exploded over the

> last decade and the fact that more males are susceptible reminds

me of the

> fact that statistically all male babies are more susceptible and

weak as

> compared to female babies to environmental factors. That is why

there are more

> females in the general population. My son has " integration

disorder " , my

> daughters are normal. Yes, I think something stinks in the state

of Denmark as

> they say, and I wouldn't be surprised if there is something being

hidden from

> us.

> Peg

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