Is it rocking in one spot because you're stressed and overstimulated right now, or is it rocking in one spot because you're stressed and overstimulated by most things and will therefore never learn to communicate?
Is it stimming by hand-flapping or is it stimming to the point you need a helmet to prevent traumatic brain injury?
Trick question, of course; they're all autism. My point is that unless we can nail down what exactly we want to cure, we'll continue to talk past each other, apparently ignoring the fact one side is talking about Temple Grandin and the other side is talking about people who are so disabled they drive their parents to such quackery as facilitated communication.
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OK, what is autism?
Is it rocking in one spot because you're stressed and overstimulated right now, or is it rocking in one spot because you're stressed and overstimulated by most things and will therefore never learn to communicate?
Is it stimming by hand-flapping or is it stimming to the point you need a helmet to prevent traumatic brain injury?
Trick question, of course; they're all autism. My point is that unless we can nail down what exactly we want to cure, we'll continue to talk past each other, apparently ignoring the fact one side is talking about Temple Grandin and the other side is talking about people who are so disabled they drive their parents to such quackery as facilitated communication.
http://archive.randi.org/site/index.php/swift-blog/783-this-...
http://www.skepdic.com/facilcom.html
http://www.apa.org/research/action/facilitated.aspx