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MIT Autism research - Reversal of symptoms?
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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 55432" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Whenever the topic comes up on autism forums along the lines of "should we have more kids given the genetic tendencies" or "would you change it if you could", the tide seems to have shifted fairly far in the direction that many wouldn't feel comfortable admitting it. But I always wonder if offered a magic pill, how many of those same parents would go for it to relieve their children some of the negatives. I have no idea, but I do know it's become very unpopular in some circles to admit it!</p><p></p><p>I'm a respector of difficult child for the unique person that he is and that is in part due to his ASDlike neurology, but once when I was in the absolute worst of difficult child's issues (debilitating anxiety and every other symptom at record high levels and severely impacting our family's ability to function) I read a bit written by a mom going on and on about how she wouldn't change a thing about her child because Autism was part of who he was. I remember thinking then that 1) she had a mild mannered version and 2) she must be crazy because no one in their right mind would wish what difficult child was going through on their child. If offered a magic pill right then I would have given it to difficult child in a heartbeat--he was suffering dreadfully and no amount of intellectual abilities or uniqueness seeemed worth the tradeoff.</p><p></p><p>If/when a significant preventative or reversal treatment is found it will be interesting to see what parents will do. There are certainly two strong camps with a lot of parents in between. Our parents and grandparents saw a lot of medical breakthroughs that widely impacted the population (polio, antibiotics, cardiology, etc) but we haven't seen anything to this degree in our lifetimes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 55432, member: 701"] Whenever the topic comes up on autism forums along the lines of "should we have more kids given the genetic tendencies" or "would you change it if you could", the tide seems to have shifted fairly far in the direction that many wouldn't feel comfortable admitting it. But I always wonder if offered a magic pill, how many of those same parents would go for it to relieve their children some of the negatives. I have no idea, but I do know it's become very unpopular in some circles to admit it! I'm a respector of difficult child for the unique person that he is and that is in part due to his ASDlike neurology, but once when I was in the absolute worst of difficult child's issues (debilitating anxiety and every other symptom at record high levels and severely impacting our family's ability to function) I read a bit written by a mom going on and on about how she wouldn't change a thing about her child because Autism was part of who he was. I remember thinking then that 1) she had a mild mannered version and 2) she must be crazy because no one in their right mind would wish what difficult child was going through on their child. If offered a magic pill right then I would have given it to difficult child in a heartbeat--he was suffering dreadfully and no amount of intellectual abilities or uniqueness seeemed worth the tradeoff. If/when a significant preventative or reversal treatment is found it will be interesting to see what parents will do. There are certainly two strong camps with a lot of parents in between. Our parents and grandparents saw a lot of medical breakthroughs that widely impacted the population (polio, antibiotics, cardiology, etc) but we haven't seen anything to this degree in our lifetimes. [/QUOTE]
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