Point By Point: PART 3

[Guest guest]

strict wrote: " ... <snip> ... I expressed puzzlement, as I honestly

didn't see what benefit a speech therapist would do after that point,

if it wasn't recognized before. One of the first things people do to

others when they don't see them acting/thinking like they think they

should is to take them to some sort of " professional " to correct them,

even if they don't need correction. I'm clearly stating that I believe

that if the parents/school thought there were truly something wrong

with her development up to that point, they would have acted long

before then, instead of waiting for her to point out her observations

which they missed. Then you launched into your tirade, which involved

you insisting that treating the newly-realized aspie-ness of the

daughter is comparable and important as treating a disease that

severely affects health. Being an aspie isn't something to fix: having

a disease that affects health, is, to the best capacity ... <snip> ... "

Assumicide once again.

Rosie has two siblings, both of whom have been diagnosed ... one with

classic Autism and the other with Kabuki which is extremely rare.

Rosie felt that she fit the description of someone on the spectrum.

A responsible parent would then take the child's feelings into account

and chose to help the child unravel his or her feelings without

negating how the child feels.

Taking a child to see medical professionals who are knowledgeable in

the area in which the child sees herself is not a statement that the

chld needs to be corrected or fixed. It means the parents love their

child enough to help her better understand her feelings.

If the tests had shown that Rosie was not Autistic but was in emotional

pain due to the stressors of having two siblings who have diagnoses,

then it is reasonable to extrapolate -- based on the parents'

behaviour -- that the parents would have helped Rosie in other

appropriate ways to come to terms with her feelings, good and bad.

Neither Rosie nor her parents stated in the news article that they

thought anything was " wrong " with Rosie.

That is YOUR personal misinterpretation.

Raven