Fwd: [Sathya Sai Baba] Autism and dani/ dont make me cry

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From: Lisa loves krshna <krshna78@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Subject: [Sathya Sai Baba] Autism and dani/ dont make me cry
To: sathyasaibaba2@yahoogroups.com

You are making me cry

Autism/Aspergers/High Functioning Autism

Krishna perhaps you could explain to Lisa that:

It is not easy to live or be someone on the autism spectrum, even if
they have some strengths in unusual places.

It took me 5 years to get my son to step over the side of the tub
instead of on it! Everyday the same routine, and the same difficulties
in transitioning. God forbid the routine changes and this upset can be
catastrophic.

It's not so fascinating when you find your child unable to cope with
background noise in restaurants, or obsessed with collecting washers,
or erasers. Unable to relate to other children, alone, depressed or
with anxiety.

50% of children with pervasive developmental disorders have mood
disorders. It's not so fascinating. It's not a joke or a circus
entertainer- it's a child...with a disorder.

Having perfect timing and pitch, and musical talent, doesn't make the
child necessarily capable of playing in a school band, or popular, or
any more social.... it doesn't make up for the impairments associated
with the disorder.

And, it's great that 1 out of 1000 of these kids gets a break and gets
famous for his abilities; but its not the rule.

--- In sathyasaibaba2@yahoogroups.com, "Lisa loves krshna"
<krshna78@...> wrote:
>
> YOu really got me there..
>
> I am really ignorant of savant syndrome
>
> Syndrome is not a Misnoner
>
> it is a collection of Symptoms Unique to certain Features of a
> Disorder..
>
> Like
>
> Huntinghtons Chorea
>
> TOurette De la SYndrome
> which over laps with ADHD and Autistic Spectrum Disorder
>

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