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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 160632" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>You did, I'm sure, notice that I didn't use the word "cure" but rather "correct'. Maybe "correct" wasn't exactly the best choice, but I deliberately chose not to use "cure".</p><p></p><p>If I had a child whose autism was so severe that he was self harming and/or non-functioning, I suspect I would move heaven and earth to "correct" the condition. But remember that the artcle discussed "ritualistic repetitive behavior" <em>associated</em> with autism, not autism itself. That's what I meant about the terms we now use becoming obsolete. Perhaps what we now call autism doesn't exist as we think it exists. Perhaps it's a gene cluster that is really a number of separate brain areas malfunctioning. Perhaps the cause is that these areas are indiviually sensitive to the same toxins. Perhaps we will some day be able to "correct" the "ritualistic repetitive behavior" (while leaving untouched other aspects of what we now call autism) as well as those "ritualistic repetitive behavior" associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), SZ and ADHD (which I wasn't aware existed, to be honest). </p><p></p><p>I have a much broader concept of what constitutes "normal" than most people, certainly more than the psychiatric/psychological community. I think much of what is currently being diagnosed ADHD and Aspergers is totally normal behavior. I believe what is diagnosed in many people as various disorders are traits that our species needed to survive and evolve over eons but suddenly don't fit our modern lifestyle (particular our school structure). I think the definition of "normal" has been narrowed and fine tuned to the point where "normal" is now some politically correct, sedatentary lifestyle form of perfect. Much of what we use to call "personality" is now called "disorders". This increase of pathologicalizing previously accepted.....no, more than accepted -- needed and valued - traits has arisen in the past 50 years and coincided with the rise of pop psychological thinking, our ever increasing sedentary lifestyle and the rise of Big Pharma's mass marketing. (Truth be told, much of what we are being sold <em>is</em> snake oil, snake oil sold to treat "disorders" that are really variations of normal.)</p><p></p><p>Perhaps 'ritualistic repetitive disorder" isn't a part of autism. Perhaps we will soon be thinking of "ritualistic repetitive behavior" as part of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) spectrum, a disorder spectrum caused by malfunction in a particular part of the brain that is often co-morbid with other brain area malfunctioning. Perhaps.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 160632, member: 1498"] You did, I'm sure, notice that I didn't use the word "cure" but rather "correct'. Maybe "correct" wasn't exactly the best choice, but I deliberately chose not to use "cure". If I had a child whose autism was so severe that he was self harming and/or non-functioning, I suspect I would move heaven and earth to "correct" the condition. But remember that the artcle discussed "ritualistic repetitive behavior" [I]associated[/I] with autism, not autism itself. That's what I meant about the terms we now use becoming obsolete. Perhaps what we now call autism doesn't exist as we think it exists. Perhaps it's a gene cluster that is really a number of separate brain areas malfunctioning. Perhaps the cause is that these areas are indiviually sensitive to the same toxins. Perhaps we will some day be able to "correct" the "ritualistic repetitive behavior" (while leaving untouched other aspects of what we now call autism) as well as those "ritualistic repetitive behavior" associated with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), SZ and ADHD (which I wasn't aware existed, to be honest). I have a much broader concept of what constitutes "normal" than most people, certainly more than the psychiatric/psychological community. I think much of what is currently being diagnosed ADHD and Aspergers is totally normal behavior. I believe what is diagnosed in many people as various disorders are traits that our species needed to survive and evolve over eons but suddenly don't fit our modern lifestyle (particular our school structure). I think the definition of "normal" has been narrowed and fine tuned to the point where "normal" is now some politically correct, sedatentary lifestyle form of perfect. Much of what we use to call "personality" is now called "disorders". This increase of pathologicalizing previously accepted.....no, more than accepted -- needed and valued - traits has arisen in the past 50 years and coincided with the rise of pop psychological thinking, our ever increasing sedentary lifestyle and the rise of Big Pharma's mass marketing. (Truth be told, much of what we are being sold [I]is[/I] snake oil, snake oil sold to treat "disorders" that are really variations of normal.) Perhaps 'ritualistic repetitive disorder" isn't a part of autism. Perhaps we will soon be thinking of "ritualistic repetitive behavior" as part of the Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) spectrum, a disorder spectrum caused by malfunction in a particular part of the brain that is often co-morbid with other brain area malfunctioning. Perhaps. [/QUOTE]
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