02-20-2008, 10:49 AM
02-20-2008, 11:52 AM
Thanks for posting this. I have to say that I have mixed feelings about this.
The girl sounds really great though.
It is a shame (but not a surprise to me) the term disorder is used and that the girl says she doesn't want to be this way.
But it is good that her medical staff are listening to what she has to say.
Also, they mention early in the article that the abilities they describe are the result of expensive and intensive therapy - do they have proof for this or are they just assuming that the therapy must be responsible for the fact that they happen to have an intelligent and articulate daughter?
The girl sounds really great though.
It is a shame (but not a surprise to me) the term disorder is used and that the girl says she doesn't want to be this way.
But it is good that her medical staff are listening to what she has to say.
Also, they mention early in the article that the abilities they describe are the result of expensive and intensive therapy - do they have proof for this or are they just assuming that the therapy must be responsible for the fact that they happen to have an intelligent and articulate daughter?
02-20-2008, 08:27 PM
Expensive and intensive therapy? Hellen Keller learned to read and write with one-on-one teaching.
As I keep saying, public education is unnatural. Some people maybe need to learn one-on-one and what is often offered kids with autism is just a few hours per week with a therapist. It could be like expecting a visually impaired person to learn with special glasses they need only a few hours per week or someone who needs a hearing aid just to have it for only a few hours per day.
The therapists are the ones who are keeping the therapy expensive. Look at any "institute" website. They insist that their therapists receive special training on top of having a psychology degree. Then they charge sometimes up to $100/hr. I think that is stupid. I think that other people, like me, could be trained to help people with autism and work one-on-one with them with some training. Some parents work with their own kids.
As I keep saying, public education is unnatural. Some people maybe need to learn one-on-one and what is often offered kids with autism is just a few hours per week with a therapist. It could be like expecting a visually impaired person to learn with special glasses they need only a few hours per week or someone who needs a hearing aid just to have it for only a few hours per day.
The therapists are the ones who are keeping the therapy expensive. Look at any "institute" website. They insist that their therapists receive special training on top of having a psychology degree. Then they charge sometimes up to $100/hr. I think that is stupid. I think that other people, like me, could be trained to help people with autism and work one-on-one with them with some training. Some parents work with their own kids.
02-20-2008, 10:06 PM
Very interesting, just like that college graduate. We've had it all wrong. We thought people like that were MR/DD because they could not communicate to us what they knew or how they thought.
Inside everyone is indeed a universe. It is interesting what we are starting to find inside the little universes like hers.
A million ants? Like her legs are on first (or on fire????)- what did she mean?
Inside everyone is indeed a universe. It is interesting what we are starting to find inside the little universes like hers.
A million ants? Like her legs are on first (or on fire????)- what did she mean?