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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:00 PM Original message |
Autism: Google it. Read about it. It ain't going away. It's going to |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
1. I have to admit that story annoyed the hell out of me, too |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:14 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Which Story Is That? n/t |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. A child with autism was tossed off a Southwest plane |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:43 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Ugh. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:15 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. Most of us barely take our kids out into public, much less try an |
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sakura (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:15 AM Response to Reply #13 |
19. Where is your child on the autism spectrum, if I may ask? |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 09:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
47. PDD-NOS. Low language skills - almost absent. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #47 |
58. *crickets* nt |
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sakura (660 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:04 PM Response to Reply #47 |
68. Wow. That must be difficult. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:01 AM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Oh, did someone write our story? |
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MilesColtrane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:36 AM Response to Reply #1 |
56. Difference between making noise and running through the aisle of a plane. |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:05 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hear ya Ilsa |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:19 PM Response to Original message |
5. r |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
6. If Southwest Doesn't Want Our Business, Let's Not Give It To Them |
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kiranon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:47 PM Response to Original message |
8. Thank you IIsa. |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
9. Preach it! |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
10. So correct Ilsa |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. This was the first Spring I was able to convince my husband to |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:17 PM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Good move on ther fertilizer |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:36 PM Response to Reply #14 |
77. Now I've got the Galaxy Glue jingle stuck in my head. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:06 PM Response to Original message |
11. I may be overreacting, but hasn't George Bush behaved this way throughout both terms |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. I think he has a form of expressive aphasia. That's why his syntax |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Bush was alway thought to be a very aware social manipulator |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:44 AM Response to Reply #20 |
22. My ex was an Aspie and he could be very manipulative |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:00 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Yeah, but you know Bush ain't no aspie. It's an insult to everyone |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #24 |
26. The trouble with talking in broad terms is they get really baggy |
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eridani (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
27. But could he have even gotten through a typical fraternity rush week? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:08 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Bush was a classic "glad-hander" at Yale, always at ease in social situations. |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:15 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. He never seems really at ease, which is a lot like some Aspies. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:06 AM Response to Reply #31 |
39. He's learning disabled |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. I agree. He IS learning disabled, and he also |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:03 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Yes I believe you are correct |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:38 PM Response to Reply #51 |
78. His mother also appears to be a narcissist. Remember, among other things, |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #31 |
41. Most of the time -- when he's joking around with the guys and not trying |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #41 |
64. The other thing I remembered last night was all those accidents he has |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #64 |
79. I'm not Frist either, but |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:10 AM Response to Reply #27 |
30. There are thousands of people all over the place |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:59 AM Response to Reply #11 |
23. No, he's not a victim of autism. He can "read" people very well. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:02 PM Response to Reply #23 |
81. Yes, he's 180° different. |
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whistle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #11 |
67. I learn something new every day on DU: AUTISM AND ASPERGER'S SYNDROME (Aspie) |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-07-08 11:12 PM Response to Original message |
15. I have an autistic brother |
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demigoddess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. good for you |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:49 AM Response to Reply #18 |
36. I think the natural curiosity of a child is often supressed |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:10 AM Response to Original message |
17. Southwest did the right thing. It's a SAFETY issue. |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:01 AM Response to Reply #17 |
25. What are the facts that lead you to say that? The articles I found when |
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SteelPenguin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 09:33 AM Response to Reply #25 |
49. They admit it themselves on this video |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:30 AM Response to Original message |
21. Arm chair moms are my favorite tonight. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:40 AM Response to Reply #21 |
59. Yes because the rest of us don't have a right to an opinion. nt |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. No. But unless you've handled a person who isn't |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:06 AM Response to Original message |
28. I also was disappointed with all the ignorant DU comments related to |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:47 AM Response to Reply #28 |
35. don't say normal, say average |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #35 |
43. I put it in quotes because I meant it ironically -- |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #28 |
82. There are days I should not read DU. |
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earth mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:21 AM Response to Original message |
32. Sing it! I'm with you 100% This entire thing is total b.s. and I hope the parents sue the airlines |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
33. It's one thing to say "Have a little patience"... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 09:19 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. I've put up with the yelling kids on flights myself for those three hour |
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WillowTree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 02:35 AM Response to Original message |
34. Dupe. Self-delete. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
37. Actually, I differ |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 09:27 AM Response to Reply #37 |
48. That's really great that you are able to take him out. |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #48 |
61. My guy can be a handful at times and his favorite trick used to be sitting down in the store |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 08:13 AM Response to Original message |
40. Parents need to teach their kids how to act in public places |
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woo me with science (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Thank you. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 09:10 AM Response to Reply #40 |
45. Yeah, they push the buttons. |
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Robyn66 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 09:39 AM Response to Reply #45 |
50. I am so sick and tired of people who say |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #50 |
54. So, so sorry about your daughter. What a awful thing, to have |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:07 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. Here's how I see it |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:29 AM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Yeah, there are plenty that don't even try. And they give |
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Midlodemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
73. Not remotely applicable 100% of the time. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
55. Fuck 'em. |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:06 PM Response to Reply #55 |
83. You have no clue what you're talking about. n/t |
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bdamomma (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 10:38 AM Response to Original message |
57. Ilsa this is for you |
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Debbi801 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 11:01 AM Response to Original message |
60. There's a saying: If you've met one child with autism, you've met one child with autism... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #60 |
62. My kids weren't autistic |
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noonwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
63. I agree with you, Ilsa |
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windoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 01:45 PM Response to Original message |
66. Between autism and Alzheimer's there sure is a lot of neurological disease these days.. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
69. There are enough parents and, yes, people with autism at DU that we constitute a DU Group |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
70. I can put up with all kinds of unconventional behavior in public |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:25 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. That's right |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:34 PM Response to Reply #72 |
76. I think what troubled ME about that other thread was the attitude that the child was misbehaving |
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bluestateguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
71. I can't speak for autism |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 06:46 PM Response to Reply #71 |
80. Please don't speak for autism. Parents don't fake autism. |
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skooooo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:27 PM Response to Original message |
74. LEARN IT LOVE IT LIVE IT! |
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LWolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
75. I agree with your remarks about autism, adhd, etc.. |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:07 PM Response to Original message |
84. I'm pissed too. I'm sick of the sanctimonious attitude by many who have never |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #84 |
85. Exactly right. Thank you for that. n/t |
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PA Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-08-08 07:22 PM Response to Reply #85 |
86. I should learn to not even READ autism threads, Jeff. |
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