Comments on: Clusterfucked http://www.dadwagon.com/2010/01/07/clusterfcked/ Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:41:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: autierelative http://www.dadwagon.com/2010/01/07/clusterfcked/comment-page-1/#comment-887 autierelative Fri, 19 Feb 2010 07:34:52 +0000 http://www.dadwagon.com/?p=2364#comment-887 Autism is not going away and I am grateful for you tube videos posted by a mom of a severely autistic son with self injury because she's one of the few people bringing awareness to this side of autism Autism is not going away and I am grateful for you tube videos posted by a mom of a severely autistic son with self injury because she’s one of the few people bringing awareness to this side of autism

]]> By: Matt http://www.dadwagon.com/2010/01/07/clusterfcked/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Matt Fri, 08 Jan 2010 05:02:22 +0000 http://www.dadwagon.com/?p=2364#comment-236 Isn't the comparison more like "Ouch, I stubbed my toe!" vs "OMFG, I broke my leg!"? Isn’t the comparison more like “Ouch, I stubbed my toe!” vs “OMFG, I broke my leg!”?

]]> By: Nathan http://www.dadwagon.com/2010/01/07/clusterfcked/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Nathan Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:23:27 +0000 http://www.dadwagon.com/?p=2364#comment-235 Yeah, the word 'dishonor' is a bit loaded. Really, I'm just wondering if studies like these - which claim that a lot of the high-functioning kids on the spectrum wouldn't have been diagnosed a generation ago - mean that the less severe and more severe cases are part of different epidemics. In the end, it's all about this big question that every parent/future parent has: what is it about these times that makes autism so prevalent? Vaccines, toxins, pollutants, diagnostics--there's a lot of bogeymen out there, and not many definitive answers, it seems. Yeah, the word ‘dishonor’ is a bit loaded. Really, I’m just wondering if studies like these – which claim that a lot of the high-functioning kids on the spectrum wouldn’t have been diagnosed a generation ago – mean that the less severe and more severe cases are part of different epidemics.

In the end, it’s all about this big question that every parent/future parent has: what is it about these times that makes autism so prevalent? Vaccines, toxins, pollutants, diagnostics–there’s a lot of bogeymen out there, and not many definitive answers, it seems.

]]> By: Rick http://www.dadwagon.com/2010/01/07/clusterfcked/comment-page-1/#comment-234 Rick Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:33:03 +0000 http://www.dadwagon.com/?p=2364#comment-234 In having a son on the Autism spectrum, diagnosed as "high functioning", and/or Aspergers, I can tell you that our lives are spun up in a great deal of melt-downs, explosions, and extremely difficult learning processes, as are those with children of more severe cases. Do I think it dishonors or downplays the challenges of more severe cases? No. Isn't that like asking if one leg that is broken in two places is any less severe than both legs broken in one place? Sure, two broken legs makes it impossible to walk, but one leg with two breaks is still makes mobility quite a chore, no? I'm grateful that my son is not "worse off" (if that's even appropriate for such extrordinary children) that he is, but there still is no cake-walk in the matter. Unless I'm missing your point? :) In having a son on the Autism spectrum, diagnosed as “high functioning”, and/or Aspergers, I can tell you that our lives are spun up in a great deal of melt-downs, explosions, and extremely difficult learning processes, as are those with children of more severe cases.

Do I think it dishonors or downplays the challenges of more severe cases? No. Isn’t that like asking if one leg that is broken in two places is any less severe than both legs broken in one place? Sure, two broken legs makes it impossible to walk, but one leg with two breaks is still makes mobility quite a chore, no?

I’m grateful that my son is not “worse off” (if that’s even appropriate for such extrordinary children) that he is, but there still is no cake-walk in the matter.

Unless I’m missing your point? :)

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