Parents, Education, ASD kids/Was To H Re: Henry Winkler Vaccinations

[Guest guest]

The Autism Research Institute has an article on this topic.

According to the author, at one time parents with better paying jobs

seemed to have a higher rate of autism among their kids. The author

believes that was due to more medical intervention in terms of

antibiotics and vaccinations. That income/education/race

differential has ended now that vax & antibiotics are given out so

readily to all children and at such an early age.

But something else I've seen is that lower income, rural people don't

have access to qualified professionals to diagnose their kids. I've

personally seen kids that I could swear are autistic, but the parents

are told it's due to poor parenting. They get scared of CPS and

pretend there's no problem. When the kids reach school age, they are

dx'd ADHD, emotionally impaired and/or MR.

Just my 2 cents,

> I also wonder if the people who are " educated " are the ones who

tend to have

> better jobs and therefore, health insurance--we tend to be up to

date on our

> vaccinations and feel they are important --its what educated people

do for

> their children--isnt that what we thought.

> Re: To H Re: Henry Winkler Vaccinations

>

>

> > In a message dated 4/22/01 10:50:05 AM Eastern Standard Time,

> harder@p...

> > writes:

> >

> >

> > > I understand that parents of autistic kids tend to be

professionals,

> highly

> > > intelligent, and often have college degrees or better. Is this

true?

> Has

> > > anyone else heard this?

> > >

> > >

> >

> > While it is not true in all cases, the statistics do show that the

> majority

> > of autistic kids come from educated parents with above average

> intelligence.

> > Maybe that is just God's way of looking after these little guys.

> >

[Guest guest]

So sad about the rural/low income people! We are by no means rich, but are

prepared to use every cent we have and can get our hands on to help treat .

We live in the wine country and there is a large Hispanic population, some of

whom are pretty low income. I have often wondered how they fare up against our

local school system! We're having to fight pretty hard to get a good therapy

program set up for ...and that includes advocates and lawyers! How on

earth do others manage with so little resources?!

Well, we've gotten pretty far off topic! Sorry fellow list mates! )

H, mom to 3 yrs, PDD; and 23 months

[Guest guest]

My guess would be that they are left completely at the hands of the

schools. And I would guess children like ours would be put in different ld

classes and programs, without any real investigation into the cause of the

difficulty. I wonder how many of the kids in the emotionally handicapped

classes could be helped with diet and supplements! Then there's the

mentally challenged group (severe, moderate, mild). Let alone the different

types of ld's that allow the child to remain in the " normal " classes and

send them out for special help throughout the day. The parents would assume

that their child was accurately evaluated by trained specialist in this

field (since that's what they've been told). And I would also guess that

the school would insist on a medication to make the child more compliant.

So these children are then out of sight, and out of mind, and no one is the

wiser.

(guess I sound kinda bitter?)

Lolita

>So sad about the rural/low income people! We are by no means rich, but

>are prepared to use every cent we have and can get our hands on to help

>treat . We live in the wine country and there is a large Hispanic

>population, some of whom are pretty low income. I have often wondered how

>they fare up against our local school system! We're having to fight

>pretty hard to get a good therapy program set up for ...and that

>includes advocates and lawyers! How on earth do others manage with so

>little resources?!

[Guest guest]

No, you sound like you are familiar with the system.

betty

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From: Lolita Cook

(guess I sound kinda bitter?)

Lolita