What is the birth order of your special needs kid?
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Anonymous
Autism rate in China and the rest of asian roughly 1 in 1000 |
Anonymous
Citation to verifiable source? And autism is not the spectrum of special needs. Cerebral palsy, genetic disorders, spina bifida...all fully represented in Asia in far greater percentages than 1 percent. Autism percentages are highly manipulable. |
Anonymous
| 2nd kid. Lead poisoning caused it. |
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1st & only.
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Anonymous
How is this possible? It’s not the 1970s anymore. People know this stuff. |
Anonymous
| First. We talked about it but carried on with plan to have two. |
Anonymous
NP. Water treatment methods / ancient lead pipes bringing water to your home. It is an an issue in many cities, not just Flint. Was a problem in DC in early 2000s, for example. Both my kids have some issues but first far more significantly. |
Anonymous
| 1st - disease that doesn't manifest until you are older but ultimately 100% deadly without treatment. |
Anonymous
I'm the PP. You would be shocked how common it is. I'm on a group of lead poisoned kids moms. Its tragic really.any apt or house built before 1980 is at risk. Lead is in lots of toys. In our case, apartment had chipped lead paint that landlord reassured us wasn't lead. It happens to rich kids and poor kids. Do some research |
Anonymous
| Both are SN and both SNs diagnoses happened after we were done (stopped at two). Eldest has ASD and youngest has ADHD and multiple LDs. |
Anonymous
| my son, who's my only kid now, has autism. i'm expecting a girl in a few months. so we'll see how she develops. i do want more kids, but it'll depend on how he develops and how my soon newborn develops in a few years. |
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I have three children - 6,4, and 6 months. My first is SN with moderate to severe ADHD. Second has no SN and third has none that we know of yet.
We had zero idea that our first was SN until well after my second was born. We knew of his speech and sensory issues when I got pregnant with my third and maybe had slight suspicions of ADHD, but it wasn’t until I was a few months pregnant with my third that his ADHD symptoms exploded and he got the diagnosis. I still would have had a third even if the diagnoses preceded the pregnancy, BUT I will admit that as Inwas dealing with a lot of challenging issues with DS, I ended up (subconsciously) terrified of having another boy due to fear of SN again knowing the risks are higher with boys. I didn’t even realize how subconsciously strong that fear was until I found out I was pregnant with a girl. Before then, I had been cranky, crying everyday, and generally anxious. I figured it was just bad antepartum depression, but when I found out I was pregnant with a girl, all of those symptoms instantly disappeared. That’s when I realized what was truly causing them. Now, while she is not SN that we know of, my baby is the worst of worst sleepers and very high needs. THAT has caused me to swear off ever having another 100x more than SN ever had or would. |
Anonymous
I am from China, and I came here to the states for college. And, you may not believe what I say, but I never knew or saw any autistic or noticeable special need child growing up there in China. My first child is SN & autistic , DH grew up here telling me that kids are so easily to be labeled with diagnosis here. He is doing fine with mild speech disorder & mild social deficit. Other than that, he looks like other kids. All of teachers are shocked when I tell them he is on spectrum. |
Anonymous
My oldest has autism and I drank filtered tap water at work in DC all while I was pregnant with her in 2005. It doesn't run in our families. 
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Anonymous
| Our only has ADHD which isn't dx'ed until early elementary usually but he was a terrible sleeper and just hard so we were done. |