Re: Can Children with Autism Recover? If So, How?

[Guest guest]

> we review evidence that between 3% and 25% of children reportedly

> lose their ASD diagnosis and enter the normal range

> of cognitive, adaptive and social skills.

25% doesn't sound that high - not with the number of kids out

there.. And the " normal range of cognitive, adaptive, and

social skills " - how exactly are they defining " normal " ? (For that

matter, what is the range of " recovered " for successful bio-

med treatment?) I haven't read the article, but are they talking

only about the neurological problems, or everything else than

Kanner forgot to mention back in 1943?

That raises another question. Playing Devil's advocate here,

apparently AgeOfAutism a while back ran a story about

" tens of thousands of recovered kids " . Of course the NDers (Kev L. -

the only one I check even occasionally) attacked this,

looking for primary literature. He found ONE report on Pubmed

(which he then went on to say was in an " alternative med-

ical " journal and so didn't count). That aside (who ELSE is going to

publish?), why AREN'T there more published reports

in ANY medical journals? How much money does it take to get

something published? If there are documented recoveries,

why aren't they getting published SOMEWHERE? True, JAMA is probably

not going to publish anything like that anytime

soon - not until Hell freezes over, and Satan develops vaccine-

induced-autism-like-symptoms.. (Anybody know if Satan has

a mitochondria disorder?). But there are other journals. This would

still be a target for the NDers/anti-biomed-crowd, but at

least not so much of an obvious one.

Jim

[Guest guest]

Recovery and Lovaas seem to go hand in hand. How does one recover

from a neurobiological disorder ? Interesting concept.. I know many

kids make alot of progress that makes them 'like' their peers...but

recovered and ASD's don't seem to go hand in hand.. it's seems like

the 'recovered' is more of a 'mis diagnosed' case. The spread of

3-25% is another 'hard thing to swallow'... thats a HUGE range.

My son is Autistic and we love him for who he is.. if he were to

miraculously 'recover' he wouldn't be the special and so loved

addition to our family.

E. , Sr.

>

> > we review evidence that between 3% and 25% of children reportedly

> > lose their ASD diagnosis and enter the normal range

>

> > of cognitive, adaptive and social skills.

>

> 25% doesn't sound that high - not with the number of kids out

> there.. And the " normal range of cognitive, adaptive, and

> social skills " - how exactly are they defining " normal " ? (For that

> matter, what is the range of " recovered " for successful bio-

> med treatment?) I haven't read the article, but are they talking

> only about the neurological problems, or everything else than

> Kanner forgot to mention back in 1943?

>

> That raises another question. Playing Devil's advocate here,

> apparently AgeOfAutism a while back ran a story about

> " tens of thousands of recovered kids " . Of course the NDers (Kev L. -

> the only one I check even occasionally) attacked this,

> looking for primary literature. He found ONE report on Pubmed

> (which he then went on to say was in an " alternative med-

> ical " journal and so didn't count). That aside (who ELSE is going to

> publish?), why AREN'T there more published reports

> in ANY medical journals? How much money does it take to get

> something published? If there are documented recoveries,

> why aren't they getting published SOMEWHERE? True, JAMA is probably

> not going to publish anything like that anytime

> soon - not until Hell freezes over, and Satan develops vaccine-

> induced-autism-like-symptoms.. (Anybody know if Satan has

> a mitochondria disorder?). But there are other journals. This would

> still be a target for the NDers/anti-biomed-crowd, but at

> least not so much of an obvious one.

>

> Jim

>