Re: awareness

[Guest guest]

Terri, from my experience, the answer is no. Not that I don't think

autism awareness is important, but when I hear that 1 in 150 have it,

I often think, " Well, 1 in 100, or possibly even more have OCD, but

it's relatively ignored " . I say possibly even more, because I've read

that a lot of people hide it well, so the stats are hard to be

specific with. I think it might be somewhat ignored because people

don't realize how debilitating it can be. Most think it is just

something that makes a person quirky. There does need to be more

awareness, and there needs to be more professionals available to treat

people correctly too.

My two cents worth.

BJ

>

> Just a quick question... are there any type of OCD awareness items to

> purchase.. kinda like the autism awareness items.. I know that when our

> dd was diagnosed w/SPD I was irritated that there really wasn't any

> items out there to promote awareness.... I think one aspect of finding

> better treatments for OCD is to promote awareness and acceptance...

>

> Terri

>

[Guest guest]

Terri,

I could not agree with you more! I just hate it when some will flippently say

I have a little ocd b/c I like things clean. I just scream to myself YOU HAVE

NO IDEA WHAT OCD IS! I usually just casually say " There's a lot more to it than

that! " But it just burns my britches when I hear that stuff.

Steph

graciesmother01 wrote:

Just a quick question... are there any type of OCD awareness items to

purchase.. kinda like the autism awareness items.. I know that when our

dd was diagnosed w/SPD I was irritated that there really wasn't any

items out there to promote awareness.... I think one aspect of finding

better treatments for OCD is to promote awareness and acceptance...

Terri

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