Re: autism circa 1982-SCARY!!!

[Guest guest]

" Bring out yer dead...(gong)...bring out yer dead...(gong)......bring

out yer dead...(gong)...... "

It's amazing how 20 years ago can sound like the middle ages, eh?

A

>

>

> so we've all heard the bullshit that use to be spouted about

autism. how

> mothers brought this upon their children - " refrigerater mother

syndrome "

> and all that shite. of course this was a few decades back when

children

> like ours were removed from their homes and institutionalized,

medicated

> rather than educated and generally described as insane. well,

hearing this

> stuff is one thing but i saw it in black and white the other

night. holy

> crap!!

> i had taken sebastian to see the psycholgist who is evaluating

him. while i

> waited in another room, i leafed through some old psychology text

books

> where i read some horrifying stuff. this one that was published in

1982

> (which isn't that freaking long ago!) suggested that autism was a

result of

> parenting failure. apparently, autistic children, by and large,

have

> mothers who fed too much information into their childs left brain

and

> fathers who didn't spend enough time engaging in gross motor

activities with

> their children. can you freaking believe this?? i was stunned.

had we

> read this in 1982 as our child was being diagnosed we would have

completely

> bought it, afterall it sounds applicable to paul and i as parents,

and been

> eternally devastated and guilty for what we had done. isn't this

> frightening to think!!

> michelle mg

>

>

>

> _________________________________________________________________

> Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.

> http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

[Guest guest]

Did you watch the show on PBS?

Jacquie H

autism circa 1982-SCARY!!!

so we've all heard the bullshit that use to be spouted about autism. how

mothers brought this upon their children - " refrigerater mother syndrome "

and all that shite. of course this was a few decades back when children

like ours were removed from their homes and institutionalized, medicated

rather than educated and generally described as insane. well, hearing this

stuff is one thing but i saw it in black and white the other night. holy

crap!!

i had taken sebastian to see the psycholgist who is evaluating him. while i

waited in another room, i leafed through some old psychology text books

where i read some horrifying stuff. this one that was published in 1982

(which isn't that freaking long ago!) suggested that autism was a result of

parenting failure. apparently, autistic children, by and large, have

mothers who fed too much information into their childs left brain and

fathers who didn't spend enough time engaging in gross motor activities with

their children. can you freaking believe this?? i was stunned. had we

read this in 1982 as our child was being diagnosed we would have completely

bought it, afterall it sounds applicable to paul and i as parents, and been

eternally devastated and guilty for what we had done. isn't this

frightening to think!!

michelle mg

_________________________________________________________________

Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.

http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

[Guest guest]

>>

>Did you watch the show on PBS?

> Jacquie H

no - what show was that?

michelle mg

_________________________________________________________________

Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.

http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

[Guest guest]

>

>Reply-To: parenting_autism

>To: parenting_autism

>Subject: Re: autism circa 1982-SCARY!!!

>Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:46:18 -0000

>

> " Bring out yer dead...(gong)...bring out yer dead...(gong)......bring

>out yer dead...(gong)...... "

>

but i'm not dead yet!

_________________________________________________________________

MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*.

http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

[Guest guest]

apparently, autistic children, by and large, have

> mothers who fed too much information into their childs left brain

Yeah, I could be described that way...

and

> fathers who didn't spend enough time engaging in gross motor activities

with

> their children.

And Lou too. So we might have believed it except that Lou would already

have known it was all my fault.

Salli

[Guest guest]

too funny ! but not funny all at the same time.

michelle mg

>

>Reply-To: parenting_autism

>To: <parenting_autism >

>Subject: Re: autism circa 1982-SCARY!!!

>Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:18:44 -0500

>

>apparently, autistic children, by and large, have

> > mothers who fed too much information into their childs left brain

>

>Yeah, I could be described that way...

>

> and

> > fathers who didn't spend enough time engaging in gross motor activities

>with

> > their children.

>

>And Lou too. So we might have believed it except that Lou would already

>have known it was all my fault.

>

>Salli

>

>

_________________________________________________________________

Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.

http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail

[Guest guest]

>>>>>>>

i had taken sebastian to see the psycholgist who is evaluating him. while i

waited in another room, i leafed through some old psychology text books

where i read some horrifying stuff. this one that was published in 1982

(which isn't that freaking long ago!) suggested that autism was a result of

parenting failure.

<<<<<<<<

My son was BORN in 1982. Can you imagine if *I* would have had issues with

him??????

It's no wonder when he was little, I ignored the requests for having him

tested for ADHD.

Your psychologist needs to update his reading material.

That junk needs to be trashed.

Penny

[Guest guest]

>>>>>>>>>>

Bring out yer dead...(gong)...bring out yer

dead...(gong)......bring

out yer dead...(gong)......

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

I'm not dead yet!

Hee hee hee. I love Python.

Tuna

****

=====

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable,

racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to

be alive is a grand thing. - Agatha Christie

______________________________________________________________________

Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

[Guest guest]

> >From: " Cephallus <aaron@f...> " <aaron@f...>

> >Reply-To: parenting_autism

> >To: parenting_autism

> >Subject: Re: autism circa 1982-SCARY!!!

> >Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:46:18 -0000

> >

> > " Bring out yer dead...(gong)...bring out yer dead...

(gong)......bring

> >out yer dead...(gong)...... "

> >

> but i'm not dead yet!

You will be soon, you're very ill...

(the geek in me was too strong not to respond...heh...)

[Guest guest]

> > >

> > > " Bring out yer dead...(gong)...bring out yer dead...

>(gong)......bring

> > >out yer dead...(gong)...... "

> > >

> > but i'm not dead yet!

>

>You will be soon, you're very ill...

>>>

>>>

but i am getting better!

_________________________________________________________________

MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 3 months FREE*.

http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg & HL=1216hotmailtaglines_eliminateviruse\

s_3mf

[Guest guest]

> > > " Bring out yer dead...(gong)...bring out yer dead...

> (gong)......bring

> > >out yer dead...(gong)...... "

> > >

> > but i'm not dead yet!

>

> You will be soon, you're very ill...

>

I feel fine! I feel happy!

> (the geek in me was too strong not to respond...heh...)

ditto.

Jacquie

[Guest guest]

> " Bring out yer dead...(gong)...bring out yer dead...

> (gong)......bring

> > >out yer dead...(gong)...... "

> > >

> > but i'm not dead yet!

>

> You will be soon, you're very ill...

>

> (the geek in me was too strong not to respond...heh...)

No I'm not, I think I'll go for a walk now!

Hee hee hee

Tuna

[Guest guest]

It was on a while ago...I beleive it was called refridgerator mothers.

Jacquie H

Re: autism circa 1982-SCARY!!!

>>

>Did you watch the show on PBS?

> Jacquie H

no - what show was that?

michelle mg

_________________________________________________________________

Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.

http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail