Comments on: Autism: Disability, Disease or Difference? http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/2010/01/autism-disability-disease-or-difference/ Going green and living with autism Wed, 18 Aug 2010 02:41:59 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andrea http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/2010/01/autism-disability-disease-or-difference/#comment-692 Andrea Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:53:36 +0000 http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/?p=458#comment-692 Its that whole mentality of I'm right, your wrong that gets me steamed. Everyone affected by autism needs to work together and not battle and not judge each other. Autism is a spectrum and while biomed is working amazing for us, it might not work on someone else or the parents just don't feel its right for their child. And I can respect that. As parents you don't get a manual and you have to go with your gut and what you feel is right. And there are more questions about autism than answers right now and I really feel like people need to keep an open mind. And your right Kelly, you have to love the child you have and accept them for who they are at the end of the that's what matters. Its that whole mentality of I’m right, your wrong that gets me steamed. Everyone affected by autism needs to work together and not battle and not judge each other. Autism is a spectrum and while biomed is working amazing for us, it might not work on someone else or the parents just don’t feel its right for their child. And I can respect that. As parents you don’t get a manual and you have to go with your gut and what you feel is right. And there are more questions about autism than answers right now and I really feel like people need to keep an open mind. And your right Kelly, you have to love the child you have and accept them for who they are at the end of the that’s what matters.

]]> By: Kelly http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/2010/01/autism-disability-disease-or-difference/#comment-690 Kelly Wed, 27 Jan 2010 20:16:43 +0000 http://www.mygreenfamily.ca/?p=458#comment-690 I saw a status "copy and paste" going round Facebook a couple of weeks ago that made me cross. It went along the lines of "Autisim is NOT a disease, accept our children for who they are you can't cure it" or something like that. The complete "I'm right you're wrong" tone of it made me feel really angry. I have no first hand experience of anyone I know has been diagnosed on the spetrum (although maybe one or two who havn't) and so I can only go on what I read on blogs like this. If your child has a treatable problem then absolutly you should fix it, but I think the ideal mindset to have is one of a "day at a time". One where you don't have a fixed idea or your ideal child to stand next to your autistic child, but one in where you relish the milestones and watch them grow and thrive..like any parent. Many children who are diagnosed autistic manage to live independant adult lives, and that was BEFORE all that parents know now! YOu do what you can with the tools you have and you will help your child becaome all he can be. x I saw a status “copy and paste” going round Facebook a couple of weeks ago that made me cross. It went along the lines of “Autisim is NOT a disease, accept our children for who they are you can’t cure it” or something like that.
The complete “I’m right you’re wrong” tone of it made me feel really angry.

I have no first hand experience of anyone I know has been diagnosed on the spetrum (although maybe one or two who havn’t) and so I can only go on what I read on blogs like this.

If your child has a treatable problem then absolutly you should fix it, but I think the ideal mindset to have is one of a “day at a time”. One where you don’t have a fixed idea or your ideal child to stand next to your autistic child, but one in where you relish the milestones and watch them grow and thrive..like any parent.

Many children who are diagnosed autistic manage to live independant adult lives, and that was BEFORE all that parents know now!

YOu do what you can with the tools you have and you will help your child becaome all he can be. x

]]>