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<blockquote data-quote="Big Bad Kitty" data-source="post: 85387" data-attributes="member: 3647"><p>The way I remember growing up, there were some kids who were "retarded". they had Down's syndrome, or something else very obviously wrong with them. The only other "class" of "problem" kids that I remember were "hyper" kids. </p><p></p><p>That was it. Either they were just fine, or they were retarded. By highschool, they were not retarded. They were mentally challenged. The hyper kids had ADHD. But that was it! I never EVER heard of autism until Rain Man. And after that, I (along with probably 75% of the ignorant population) thought that all people with autism were like that. </p><p></p><p>Either the problem was not there, or it was not talked about. I agree there were not as many triggers. There certainly was not the instant gratification that there is today, and I bet that plays a huge part of it. There were no convenient meals, everything was homemade. There was not as much muck floating around in the air. </p><p></p><p>TV changed a lot of it too. I remember watching Nick at Night with my mom when I was in Jr High & Highschool. It had Donna Reed reruns. When dad talked to Jeff and Mary, the response was "Yes Sir" or "yes Daddy". We watch Nick at Night now, and Home Improvement is on (and that show is what, 15 years old?). Dad says something to Brad and Randy and they laugh at him. Absolutely no respect for adults. And that is OK.</p><p></p><p>I could go on for HOURS on this subject, but I am rather confident that I have bored you all to death already.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Bad Kitty, post: 85387, member: 3647"] The way I remember growing up, there were some kids who were "retarded". they had Down's syndrome, or something else very obviously wrong with them. The only other "class" of "problem" kids that I remember were "hyper" kids. That was it. Either they were just fine, or they were retarded. By highschool, they were not retarded. They were mentally challenged. The hyper kids had ADHD. But that was it! I never EVER heard of autism until Rain Man. And after that, I (along with probably 75% of the ignorant population) thought that all people with autism were like that. Either the problem was not there, or it was not talked about. I agree there were not as many triggers. There certainly was not the instant gratification that there is today, and I bet that plays a huge part of it. There were no convenient meals, everything was homemade. There was not as much muck floating around in the air. TV changed a lot of it too. I remember watching Nick at Night with my mom when I was in Jr High & Highschool. It had Donna Reed reruns. When dad talked to Jeff and Mary, the response was "Yes Sir" or "yes Daddy". We watch Nick at Night now, and Home Improvement is on (and that show is what, 15 years old?). Dad says something to Brad and Randy and they laugh at him. Absolutely no respect for adults. And that is OK. I could go on for HOURS on this subject, but I am rather confident that I have bored you all to death already. [/QUOTE]
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