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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 319374" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>Marg, that was truly moving. I had tears in my eyes by the end. It was of course great to see you and your son, and to hear your voice -- my goodness, that is fantastic to be able to put a real face and voice to someone on this board.</p><p></p><p>Since I have a grandchild with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified which is on the autistic spectrum, it is a subject that interests me and fascinates me. Luckily his mother is a special education teacher so she taught my son, and they were as parents able to give him everything he needed and also to take him to the therapists that he needed (and were provided here by the authorities). He is a very good student in school, but socially he has problems, but they work at it and he is doing fine. These days when he comes to visit, he even gives me (his grandma) a kiss if I ask for one. Now -- that IS PROGRESS.</p><p></p><p>By the way, I read recently in the newspaper that here in Israel the "early intervention" method is very advanced and that people come here with children from all over Europe to live here and have their children treated here.</p><p></p><p>I wonder what it is that causes such a high incidence of autism these days. Was there always such a high incidence? Or maybe people hid autistic children in "the old days"? I wonder . . .</p><p></p><p>I think in England when I was growing up, there were people and kids whom we would call "eccentric," and with hindsight maybe they had Aspergers or something like that. They were certainly different, but in England of 50 and 60 years ago there was a tolerance of people who were "eccentric." Oh well, I'm just thinking out loud.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for sharing that with me. Your son is lovely. You are very pretty, and eloquent (as you are in your writing too).</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 319374, member: 77"] Marg, that was truly moving. I had tears in my eyes by the end. It was of course great to see you and your son, and to hear your voice -- my goodness, that is fantastic to be able to put a real face and voice to someone on this board. Since I have a grandchild with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified which is on the autistic spectrum, it is a subject that interests me and fascinates me. Luckily his mother is a special education teacher so she taught my son, and they were as parents able to give him everything he needed and also to take him to the therapists that he needed (and were provided here by the authorities). He is a very good student in school, but socially he has problems, but they work at it and he is doing fine. These days when he comes to visit, he even gives me (his grandma) a kiss if I ask for one. Now -- that IS PROGRESS. By the way, I read recently in the newspaper that here in Israel the "early intervention" method is very advanced and that people come here with children from all over Europe to live here and have their children treated here. I wonder what it is that causes such a high incidence of autism these days. Was there always such a high incidence? Or maybe people hid autistic children in "the old days"? I wonder . . . I think in England when I was growing up, there were people and kids whom we would call "eccentric," and with hindsight maybe they had Aspergers or something like that. They were certainly different, but in England of 50 and 60 years ago there was a tolerance of people who were "eccentric." Oh well, I'm just thinking out loud. Thanks for sharing that with me. Your son is lovely. You are very pretty, and eloquent (as you are in your writing too). Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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