Comments for Autism http://versprill.com Exposing the Mercury Thimerosal link Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:07:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on What happens to children with Autism when they grow up? by Liza Sparks http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4203 Liza Sparks Fri, 15 Apr 2011 02:07:59 +0000 http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/#comment-4203 It depends on the person. Some overcome the symptom and others don't. Others get over when they were diagnosed and others don't .<br><b>References : </b><br> It depends on the person. Some overcome the symptom and others don’t. Others get over when they were diagnosed and others don’t .
References :

]]> Comment on What happens to children with Autism when they grow up? by Jai dgr8 http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4202 Jai dgr8 Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:28:59 +0000 http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/#comment-4202 It all depends on their level of function and how well we've been able to help them to integrate themselves with their environment. A lot has to do with early intervention, someone adequately "learning" the child... and then putting enough support in place so that the child is able to reach outside of themselves and tolerate their surroundings... and then interact with them. There's no one answer here. Some will forever live in a supported environment, whether at home or in a group home... some will never hold a job and some will be able to work with a job coach in an assisted employment facility. Others will integrate into the community with only limited support necessary... perhaps having a roommate and a visiting support person to check in... a job in the community with or without any accommodations. Still another group will astound us all... like Temple Grandin and many others... and lead not only normal, but incredible lives... having so much to offer the world in the way of creativity, knowledge, participation, education, and they'll cut their own path through the future. I firmly believe that every level of autism, from classic Kanner through Asperger, includes children and adults who have so much to offer... so much thought and so many ideas... their minds don't have the same limits as a *normal* mind so their expansion of thought is just so incredible... and it's our job to help them find a way to express those thoughts... to get that information sorted, categorized and filed so it's not so overwhelming to them and then they can focus on the use of expressive language (spoken, signed or written) to tell us everything. I have, admittedly, not been thrilled with everything our current administration has done, but signing the Combating Autism Act of 2006 yesterday made up for a lot of it. We're on our way... and I know a large lot of children who hold the key to many answers about autism. I'm excited to say we're currently working with a team at NIH as well as a researcher at University of Miami School of Medicine to find the answers NOW. Thank you for your question. Keep asking it. I'm hoping that soon the answer will change... and change... and change... until no one needs to ask it any longer :)<br><b>References : </b><br>http://autisminfos.com/ It all depends on their level of function and how well we’ve been able to help them to integrate themselves with their environment. A lot has to do with early intervention, someone adequately "learning" the child… and then putting enough support in place so that the child is able to reach outside of themselves and tolerate their surroundings… and then interact with them.

There’s no one answer here. Some will forever live in a supported environment, whether at home or in a group home… some will never hold a job and some will be able to work with a job coach in an assisted employment facility. Others will integrate into the community with only limited support necessary… perhaps having a roommate and a visiting support person to check in… a job in the community with or without any accommodations.

Still another group will astound us all… like Temple Grandin and many others… and lead not only normal, but incredible lives… having so much to offer the world in the way of creativity, knowledge, participation, education, and they’ll cut their own path through the future.

I firmly believe that every level of autism, from classic Kanner through Asperger, includes children and adults who have so much to offer… so much thought and so many ideas… their minds don’t have the same limits as a *normal* mind so their expansion of thought is just so incredible… and it’s our job to help them find a way to express those thoughts… to get that information sorted, categorized and filed so it’s not so overwhelming to them and then they can focus on the use of expressive language (spoken, signed or written) to tell us everything.

I have, admittedly, not been thrilled with everything our current administration has done, but signing the Combating Autism Act of 2006 yesterday made up for a lot of it. We’re on our way… and I know a large lot of children who hold the key to many answers about autism. I’m excited to say we’re currently working with a team at NIH as well as a researcher at University of Miami School of Medicine to find the answers NOW.

Thank you for your question. Keep asking it. I’m hoping that soon the answer will change… and change… and change… until no one needs to ask it any longer :)
References :
http://autisminfos.com/

]]> Comment on What happens to children with Autism when they grow up? by Amy H http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4201 Amy H Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:15:59 +0000 http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/#comment-4201 us aspies and auties i have it will never have a typical life we will always be autistic we may need a group home we may grow out of a few symptoms but we will never be neurotypical no we will not grow out of it it usually does not get worse although many will never speak but nonverbal kids or adults can type or use the rapid prompting method those with severe autism might begin to say a word but may not talk in complete sentences we are all different<br><b>References : </b><br>i have aspergers us aspies and auties i have it will never have a typical life we will always be autistic we may need a group home we may grow out of a few symptoms but we will never be neurotypical no we will not grow out of it it usually does not get worse although many will never speak but nonverbal kids or adults can type or use the rapid prompting method those with severe autism might begin to say a word but may not talk in complete sentences we are all different
References :
i have aspergers

]]> Comment on What happens to children with Autism when they grow up? by Cicely http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4200 Cicely Fri, 15 Apr 2011 01:04:59 +0000 http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/#comment-4200 People with autism don't grow out of it, and they don't disappear like much of the media seem to believe. Everything else depends on the individual. Many people with autism lead fulfilling lives. High-functioning adults can go to college, have a career, live independently, have successful relationships, and raise children. It may take more time, effort, and support for them, but these things are definitely possible for many people on the spectrum. Some low-functioning adults are able to live semi-independently and have a job, but require more support from others. Adults you can't support themselves at all may end up in an institution or group home if there is no one else to help care for them. Generally, symptoms become milder or more manageable over time as the person gains skills, knowledge, and experience, regardless of the his/her level of functioning.<br><b>References : </b><br>I'm an adult with a mild form of autism People with autism don’t grow out of it, and they don’t disappear like much of the media seem to believe. Everything else depends on the individual.

Many people with autism lead fulfilling lives. High-functioning adults can go to college, have a career, live independently, have successful relationships, and raise children. It may take more time, effort, and support for them, but these things are definitely possible for many people on the spectrum.

Some low-functioning adults are able to live semi-independently and have a job, but require more support from others. Adults you can’t support themselves at all may end up in an institution or group home if there is no one else to help care for them.

Generally, symptoms become milder or more manageable over time as the person gains skills, knowledge, and experience, regardless of the his/her level of functioning.
References :
I’m an adult with a mild form of autism

]]> Comment on What happens to children with Autism when they grow up? by Carly xoxo http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4199 Carly xoxo Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:20:59 +0000 http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/#comment-4199 Well my brother is a teenager with autism and is the worst he has ever been, i hope he does grow out of it otherwise he's going to put my mum into an early grave<br><b>References : </b><br> Well my brother is a teenager with autism and is the worst he has ever been, i hope he does grow out of it otherwise he’s going to put my mum into an early grave
References :

]]> Comment on What happens to children with Autism when they grow up? by Gabrielle Cilluffo http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4198 Gabrielle Cilluffo Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:14:59 +0000 http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/#comment-4198 It gets better.As I see some times as they grow it is more noticeably in situations. My son has aspergers and most of the time no one can tell.Until you see him at a party and all the boys are in a dog pile but my son is giving chess lessons (hes 6) But if you keep teaching them how to act and react in the world they should do well.I have a friend with a more saver autistic and now at 15 he is considered very high functioning.both boys at a time were nonverbal.Now sarcastic know it alls.lol<br><b>References : </b><br> It gets better.As I see some times as they grow it is more noticeably in situations. My son has aspergers and most of the time no one can tell.Until you see him at a party and all the boys are in a dog pile but my son is giving chess lessons (hes 6)

But if you keep teaching them how to act and react in the world they should do well.I have a friend with a more saver autistic and now at 15 he is considered very high functioning.both boys at a time were nonverbal.Now sarcastic know it alls.lol
References :

]]> Comment on What happens to children with Autism when they grow up? by Jack Nichols http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4197 Jack Nichols Fri, 15 Apr 2011 00:08:59 +0000 http://versprill.com/990/what-happens-to-children-with-autism-when-they-grow-up/#comment-4197 Some autistics live very fulfilling lives. Many are actually geniuses that are just incapable of socializing with the rest of us, so they usually prefer lives of solitude and independence buried in their interests.<br><b>References : </b><br> Some autistics live very fulfilling lives. Many are actually geniuses that are just incapable of socializing with the rest of us, so they usually prefer lives of solitude and independence buried in their interests.
References :

]]> Comment on Whats the difference between autism and aspergers and does anyone in your family have either one? by undir http://versprill.com/976/whats-the-difference-between-autism-and-aspergers-and-does-anyone-in-your-family-have-either-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4196 undir Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:30:59 +0000 http://versprill.com/976/whats-the-difference-between-autism-and-aspergers-and-does-anyone-in-your-family-have-either-one/#comment-4196 The main difference between autism and Asperger's syndrome is that there is a speech delay in autism, but not in Asperger‘s syndrome. Another difference is that people with autism can have any level of intelligence (ranging from genius to average to mental retardation), but for an Asperger‘s diagnosis the person cannot have mental retardation, but can have any other level of intelligence. Apart from those two things, autism and Asperger's share pretty much all the same symptoms and traits. The exact set of symptoms varies considerably between individuals though, but someone with high functioning autism can have nearly all the same symptoms as someone with Asperger's. There is such little difference between high functioning autism and Asperger‘s syndrome that there are plans to merge them into one diagnosis when the new diagnostic manual comes out in 2013. I have Asperger‘s syndrome myself. I suspect that my husband is on the autism spectrum too, but he has not been diagnosed. Nobody else in my family is on the spectrum.<br><b>References : </b><br> The main difference between autism and Asperger’s syndrome is that there is a speech delay in autism, but not in Asperger‘s syndrome. Another difference is that people with autism can have any level of intelligence (ranging from genius to average to mental retardation), but for an Asperger‘s diagnosis the person cannot have mental retardation, but can have any other level of intelligence.

Apart from those two things, autism and Asperger’s share pretty much all the same symptoms and traits. The exact set of symptoms varies considerably between individuals though, but someone with high functioning autism can have nearly all the same symptoms as someone with Asperger’s.

There is such little difference between high functioning autism and Asperger‘s syndrome that there are plans to merge them into one diagnosis when the new diagnostic manual comes out in 2013.

I have Asperger‘s syndrome myself. I suspect that my husband is on the autism spectrum too, but he has not been diagnosed. Nobody else in my family is on the spectrum.
References :

]]> Comment on Whats the difference between autism and aspergers and does anyone in your family have either one? by Veronica Gomez http://versprill.com/976/whats-the-difference-between-autism-and-aspergers-and-does-anyone-in-your-family-have-either-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4195 Veronica Gomez Sun, 27 Mar 2011 10:03:59 +0000 http://versprill.com/976/whats-the-difference-between-autism-and-aspergers-and-does-anyone-in-your-family-have-either-one/#comment-4195 I think they are both thee same. Its like that Asperger's syndrome belongs to autism syndrome and most of the sign are the same.<br><b>References : </b><br>specialneedsalmanac.com I think they are both thee same. Its like that Asperger’s syndrome belongs to autism syndrome and most of the sign are the same.
References :
specialneedsalmanac.com

]]> Comment on Whats the difference between autism and aspergers and does anyone in your family have either one? by Pedestal 42 http://versprill.com/976/whats-the-difference-between-autism-and-aspergers-and-does-anyone-in-your-family-have-either-one/comment-page-1/#comment-4194 Pedestal 42 Sun, 27 Mar 2011 09:54:59 +0000 http://versprill.com/976/whats-the-difference-between-autism-and-aspergers-and-does-anyone-in-your-family-have-either-one/#comment-4194 Asperger's is autism... it describes just one particular part of the autistic spectrum. The essential requirements to differentiate Asperger's are no speech delay as an infant, and an average or above average IQ. Autism that is not Asperger's can have any level of IQ but will have been late developing speech. Lower IQ (though not easy to assess) does tend to be associated with more severely pronounced cases of autism. Note: this cuts right across the popular idea that Asperger's is "autism lite" or "mild autism" An individual with Asperger's can easily have more difficulty functioning day-to-day, or communicating, than someone with high-functioning autism. It all depends on the person. And we vary, markedly. I have a good solid case of Asperger's. I've never really got as far as a girlfriend. Language isn't my problem. Understanding this "emotion" stuff is.<br><b>References : </b><br> Asperger’s is autism… it describes just one particular part of the autistic spectrum.

The essential requirements to differentiate Asperger’s are no speech delay as an infant, and an average or above average IQ.

Autism that is not Asperger’s can have any level of IQ but will have been late developing speech.
Lower IQ (though not easy to assess) does tend to be associated with more severely pronounced cases of autism.

Note: this cuts right across the popular idea that Asperger’s is "autism lite" or "mild autism"
An individual with Asperger’s can easily have more difficulty functioning day-to-day, or communicating, than someone with high-functioning autism.

It all depends on the person.
And we vary, markedly.

I have a good solid case of Asperger’s.
I’ve never really got as far as a girlfriend.
Language isn’t my problem. Understanding this "emotion" stuff is.
References :

]]>