Autism Rates May Be Higher Than Thought

[3113]

To be more precise, taking in the entire autism spectrum, we seem to be at least 1-in-38 if you've done the research in South Korea.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Basically, 'autistic' is a simply a variation on normal unless it makes the person societally non-functional.

 

[3113]

Basically, 'autistic' is a simply a variation on normal unless it makes the person societally non-functional.

A variation on normal? No way! We're completely alien. And special. Or not so special now that we're 1-in-38 rather than 1-in-110. But still kinda, sorta special maybe.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

A variation on normal? No way! We're completely alien. And special. Or not so special now that we're 1-in-38 rather than 1-in-110. But still kinda, sorta special maybe.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

Trans-optimal, that's what.

 

[The_Fool]

A variation on normal? No way! We're completely alien. And special. Or not so special now that we're 1-in-38 rather than 1-in-110. But still kinda, sorta special maybe.

That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.

With or without autism I find you special. So there.

 

[jomar]

With or without autism I find you special. So there.

I concur.

 

[3113]

With or without autism I find you special. So there.

I concur.

Ah, shucks!

(Um, you do mean that in a good way, right )

 

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[voluptuary_manque]

Sometimes it is wearying when children have difficulties at school.

I don't care about the rates, I want more coping skills.

Oh, yeah! I hate the idea that schools haven't learned diddly squat in the almost sixty years since I was a kiddle. I did manage to have enough friends that I didn't become a serial killer or a early Columbine-ist but being the designated class weirdo is something no one should have to tolerate.

 

[stephen55]

Why did it take so long to figure this out?

I thought Aspies were really good at counting.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Oh, yeah! I hate the idea that schools haven't learned diddly squat in the almost sixty years since I was a kiddle. I did manage to have enough friends that I didn't become a serial killer or a early Columbine-ist but being the designated class weirdo is something no one should have to tolerate.

Well, Bear,I never tolerated it! I revelled in it! (and if you enjoy the position, you tend away from the serial killer response).

 

[rgraham666]

Sometimes it is wearying when children have difficulties at school.

I don't care about the rates, I want more coping skills.

That, I believe, should include the 'normal' people learning to cope with those who have perceptual difficulties.

But it's usually 'our way or the highway.'

 

[Tio_Narratore]

That, I believe, should include the 'normal' people learning to cope with those who have perceptual difficulties.

But it's usually 'our way or the highway.'

Again, it shouldn't be a matter of coping; that presumes a norm for everyone. Why can't we enjoy the differences rather than "cope" with them or "tolerate" them?

 

[voluptuary_manque]

Again, it shouldn't be a matter of coping; that presumes a norm for everyone. Why can't we enjoy the differences rather than "cope" with them or "tolerate" them?

Because to teenagers, who by nature are insecure, anyone who is different poses a threat to their self-esteem. "If you're not like me, you're criticizing me." Hatred is a disguise for fear.

 

[Tio_Narratore]

Because to teenagers, who by nature are insecure, anyone who is different poses a threat to their self-esteem. "If you're not like me, you're criticizing me." Hatred is a disguise for fear.

Thanks, Bear. Now I know why I was the weirdo: I enjoyed all the differences and thought everybody else was weird for not. (Probably why I became an Anthropologist...).

 

[Xelebes]

Again, it shouldn't be a matter of coping; that presumes a norm for everyone. Why can't we enjoy the differences rather than "cope" with them or "tolerate" them?

I don't know, it just gets in the way of having food to eat later in life.

 

[3113]

Why did it take so long to figure this out?

I thought Aspies were really good at counting.

Oh, yes indeed. But they also like to categorize. So they'd have a hard time give you a full spectrum number as compared to telling you the number of Aspies who, say, are into counting Aspies

 

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[vrosej10]

Oh, yeah! I hate the idea that schools haven't learned diddly squat in the almost sixty years since I was a kiddle. I did manage to have enough friends that I didn't become a serial killer or a early Columbine-ist but being the designated class weirdo is something no one should have to tolerate.

I feel you. I was both the resident weirdo plus the school's designated fat kid. School sucked for me when it should have rocked (I can learn almost anything without much difficulty).

I think with the autistic spectrum, they keep loosening the criteria, so more and more people fit it. My son is down the deep end of the spectrum.He didn't speak till he was 4 or 5 years about and he had only about 20 words when he started school and wasn't really making sentences. He is very, very smart and functions ok in a classroom setting but he is very stressed by the demands put upon him. Acting neurotypical is exhausting for him and he shows it at home.

 

[hottchic]

To be more precise, taking in the entire autism spectrum, we seem to be at least 1-in-38 if you've done the research in South Korea.

Are they classing dyslexia in autisum spectrum now?

The reason I ask is that there is a known cluster where in families where there is dyslexia autisum sometimes pops up and also incidentally ADD and ADHD.

 

[hottchic]

Because to teenagers, who by nature are insecure, anyone who is different poses a threat to their self-esteem. "If you're not like me, you're criticizing me." Hatred is a disguise for fear.

While true, this is also very sad, as somebody who got bullied at school just because I was a daydreamer and who would sometimes talk to myself, I think this is something that people should try to change.

People who advocate courses for children in emotional intelligence argue that this underlying insecurity can be addressed.

 

[3113]

Are they classing dyslexia in autisum spectrum now?

I wouldn't think so unless one can't be dyslexic without being autistic, too. I mean, the dyslexia isn't about an inability to socially and emotionally interact with others, it's primarily about reading/writing/language skills. Can you have this problem and not be autistic? If so, then it's separate even if they often go together.

You are right, however, that many autistics have difficulty with reading, speaking, spelling (I include myself on the spelling part; but I blame the English language for that...). So if a kid has dyslexia it might hint that he could be autistic, on some level, as well.