Many of you are actually Neanderthals, page 1

Originally posted by grapesofraft
reply to post by BSndsMPBlk47

I have a theory about how we get 1 in 165 kids with autism. It is called a lack of butt whooping and parents wanting to label their kids with illness because they arent willing to make them behave.

I have seen real autistic kids and some kids that just exhibit certain behaviors that appear autistic because it gives them a warped sense of control.

Not that some people arent Autistic, but Autism has rose in proportion to the decline of physical discipline. Look at the stats.

Maybe them crazy Christians were onto someting when they realized spare the rod spoil the child.

[edit on 20-6-2009 by grapesofraft]

Unlikely, since we should have gotten those rates much, much earlier if it were true. Plus aversives/torture would "straighten them out" if it were true.

This is the crap crackpots like Michael Savage are paid good money by TPTB to spread.

When the environment is filled with assaults on your senses and demands are put on you that you aren't capable of, and then you are ridiculed, invalidated, punished, and can't have a rational dialogue with authorities above you how would you react? Eventually you'll be screaming "enough is enough!!!" when nothing else works.

It is past time to respect their rights and figure out what they are capable of learning and how they are capable of learning it and design appropriate programs and policies around these realities.

Just as there are appropriate (relatively speaking) programs and policies for educating, socializing, and training the neurologically typical, there needs to appropriate systems in place for such large segments of the population. Anything less is discriminatory and fails to respect the rights of minorities which violates the basic principles of republican forms of governance that requires respect for minority rights. Assholes like Michael the Savage and 60 Minutes Andy Loony don't understand this.

Indeed, considering the mistreatment of those on the autistic spectrum, it is a wonder why they aren't more --much, much, much more --resistant and violent, not less.

One of the good things about the decline in disciple is that it is probably a factor in the push for recognition of the problem. While the rod is being spared raising neurotypicals, eventually many neuroatypicals still end up subjected to conditions Obama won't subject terrorists to -- the process / downward spiral just takes a little longer.