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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it's sad that fully functioning adults would ever refer to themselves as "autistic".  The autism that I see rising is the 1 in 10,000 children that were unable to talk or function in the 1970s without full support in their lives. They flap and stim and perseverate on things. THIS is the autism that has skyrocketed.

I could care less how many cold fish, child-bearing, married, capable and working adults are living with social quirks....society doesn't have to pay to support them and they don't have to be monitored by their aging parents.  Seriously, that is not autism...it's not even close.

What I care about is figuring out how the hell we're going to deal with hundreds of thousands of severly autistic adults in the near future.  Apparently I'm going to have to find a way to live forever to care for my child, or leave a fortune and trust that someone will do right by him and take care of him in my absence.[/quote]

My brothers who have Aspergers are entirely disabled.  They were never diagnosed as children and received no interventions.  They cannot work.  They have no friends.  They lead very difficult, very marginal lives.  Yeah they can talk, but they aren't saying anything anyone wants to hear.  While it is not the same thing as Kanner autism I think you show an awfully cold heart to dismiss their disability.  [b]It isn't a competition.[/b]  I get that you and your child have more significant challenges.  But things can be very, very difficult at the supposedly high functioning end of the spectrum.

Oh and adults with Aspergers have higher suicide rates.  This is just being a cold fish.[/quote]

Well said.  Thank you.[/quote]

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