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Just read in the new RacerX that his son was diagnosed with Autism. Trying to juggle an MX career, injuries, family, and an autistic child, I just cant imagine.
I hope everything works out for the best, hopefully a medical breakthrough to help these children will happen (doubt it though, they cant even cure the common cold).
I hope everything works out for the best, hopefully a medical breakthrough to help these children will happen (doubt it though, they cant even cure the common cold).
My girlfriend is a speech language pathologist in an inner city and works with children with autism every day. She is one of only a few in the district that is willing to help these children. It is a shame because the majority of the parents are of low income families, uneducated, and just dont seem to care to help.
There is an overabundance of children in this country with autism and the problem is clearly on the rise. Fortunately it is grabbing public attention and folks are really starting to do something about it.
Compared to the rest of the country, the Langstons will have it quite easy. They are lucky enough to be able to afford to get the right kind of help and hopefully will be able to learn to deal with their situation. With the correct therapy, and a loving environment with parents that are willing to help their child, their son will hopefully be able to lead a somewhat normal life.
This is a perfect opportunity for the motocross community to get involved finding a proper diagnosis and solution to autism. The more folks that know about it, are more folks that can hlep.
life is crazy...you get the hand yer dealt then you play the hand. my friend has an autistic kid and it is very hard on the family....medical research and science might help us all in the future. not a religious guy by an means but i am spiritual and i hope the spirit touches the lives of Chelsea and Grant and family in a great and positive way.
Interesting, but not surprising, that we're possibly contributing to the problem. Not that it's directly related, but there are also studies which support ADD being caused by exposing young children to too much TV; the flurry of visual stimulation supposedly causes the issue.
I guess if you're going to let your kid watch TV, sit them in front of a golf or baseball game.
Best wishes to Greg, er, Grant and his family.
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I have a daughter who has asperger's syndrome, it's a form of autism. I certainly sympathize with their situation and wish them the best of luck.
There are no cures, there are no miracles. Curing a child who has autism would be comparable to curing a child of being mentally retarded.
I look forward to having children one day, and wonder what I will do when the time comes to consider vaccinations? Scary, and I wish GL and any family, all the best who battle with autism.
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Many people get the MMr vaccine and don't develop Autism. That doesn't mean they should be getting the vaccine. Autism is thought to be the result of an Immature immune sytems response to the Mercury. If you want them to get MMR, then it should be given later in childhood at the very least.
Besides, didn't we all survive Measles and Mumps? Just like Flu vaccinations. We all survived fine without them.
Funny how GW signed into law, a bill barring citizens from suing the government for damages resulting from mandatory vaccinations. This took place shortly after the beginning of all the concern over Autism and MMR.
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all the money and fame in the world can't take the place of a healthy child.
Im thankful every day that my kiddos are healthy and happy.
I have two good friends that have a child w/ Autism. I've watched that kid go from completely unmanageable to behaving somewhat normally w/ very aggresive therapy. He actually is now spending a period of his day w/ the nondevelopmentally challenged children and his vocabulary has went up 10 fold.
At the rate he is going he should be functional by 12 or so and be capable of living alone as an adult. But of course he will always have noticable quirks.
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs286/en/
"The overwhelming majority (more than 95%) of measles deaths occur in countries with per capita Gross National Income of less than US$ 1000 and weak health infrastructure. "
It goes on to say that treatment of someone infected is simply handled by antibiotics. Doesn't seem like a big deal so long as the antibiotics are available.
I do wonder if getting an immunization shot for something that is easily treated makes a whole lot less sense if the immunization itself has the possiblity of causing serious side effects. Not claiming to have any real knowledge here, but it seems to be a question worth asking.
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