I am not saying that it does.
But before I saw none and now it is as common as as blue eyes. In fact one of my adopted sons (both adopted out of the foster system as babies taken away from their drug addicted parents) is on the autism spectrum. (he has blue eyes)
This depends on local laws a lot. In Florida the child goes immediately to foster care and the mom and\or dad must follow a court ordered plan to get their child back. (IIRC)
Foster care and the things that feed it are woefully misunderstood by many. The first goal of foster care is reunification of family followed by permanence for the child of the first cannot be achieved in a reasonable timeframe.
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I really think it comes down to a general understanding and more talking about it.
Similar to how the numbers of LGBT people greatly increased when it was safer and more acceptable to be LGBT.
I mean, no one understood powered flight until 1903 but the physics always existed.
Yet for 12 years in school I never saw any evidence of autism in anyone.
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I honestly hadn’t considered that. Appreciate the insight.
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I see what you are saying but considering that a) you were a child yourself and b) the disorder was woefully misunderstood and/or mischaracterized can this really be true or was it a combination of ignorance and observation bias?
Not discounting your experiences. I went to a small private school through 8th grade and didn’t know I was on the spectrum at the time (though looking back all the evidence was there).
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Related to this thread:
Foster children have a higher chance of identifying as LGBT over non-foster children.
Some psychologists speculate that this is due to a desire to either find a unique identity and/or to mask the trauma endured.
In general, heavy trauma makes one more prone to mental illness. It follows that gender dysphoria would be one that increases.
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@twojarslave I’m glad you brought up life experience. I don’t prefer to bring out the age card, but sometimes it’s necessary. I’ve noticed in this thread and related ones this notion that as long as someone is a good boy or girl who gets good grades and/or attends work (usually in a high-skilled, highly paid non-physical job, not hard labor), their ways and what they support should go unchallenged.
They might realize that in many parts of the earth, including some in the US, that no one cares about how nice people are, that they attended a good school, or that they earn big money.
For example, it might go like this: “I/Joe Blow engages in X activity/wants X wish granted to him. What is wrong with X? Why can’t he get X? He is nice, smart, and is gonna earn big money, and have a big title.”
When I read or hear such lines, I think, “What the hell does that that have to do with the matter?” It’s as if being nice, having a big title, and earning big bucks should grant one to be free from all opposition, criticism, or challenge.
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I went to a public school where no wealthy kids attended through the 11th grade.
My senior year I went to an expensive private school, because the public schools lost their accreditation. I was one of the few kids in my neighborhood with both parents working. My mother was a school teacher. They sacrificed to send me there. Those kids at the private school were freaky rich. I was required to board there. One of the boarding kids had an allowance of $100 per week (1965-66). And he wasn’t allowed to have a car (school rules). It cost my parents more money to attend The Bolles School than it did one year as an out of state student at NC State University.
Those 11 years I don’t believe that I was clueless about class behavior. All those classes at the public school had no behavior concerns.
My question is: What has changed that autism seemed to be nonexistent when I went to school and seems everywhere now. For what it’s worth, I know absolutely no one my age, or thereabouts, who mentioned being on the spectrum.
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If all scientists believe this, they are less likely to consider other causes. The scientific method suffers. I believe in time scientists will discover the root causes of autism and only then can a cure or prevention be found.
I close NO doors on the cause of autism.
I agree with this. I don’t know about a “cure” for those like me who fully function with it but for my friend whose son is completely non-verbal and still in diaper at age 10 I hope
They can find some drugs or something that can help him achieve more normal function.
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That was just brazenly corrupt. Dude almost missed the baton cuz his balls were tripping him up.
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It’s wild, man. I just don’t know how anyone can watch this lanky dude smoke these girls and think it’s acceptable. It’s Twilight Zone level bizarre.
*not that these kids have even heard of the Twilight Zone lol.
The Twilight Zone was a really good exercise in what happens when you twist the world into an alternate reality.
“Imagine for a moment, the year is 2023 and men are participating in womens sports at all levels with predictable success…”.
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The reruns would look more like the news than a sci-fi show
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It will keep happening until the women (competitors) and men that stand up for the women start walking off the track, meet, court, field…whatever the competition is
Twilight zone was my favorite…still watch the reruns
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Me too. Sci-Fi channel does marathons every New Year.
They used to pull in some pretty amazing talent for that show, too. A whole bunch of people that became legends.
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Something to consider is that at least for the really bad cases, the public didn’t see those kids for the most part. Schools didn’t have programs for these kids.
I’ve met strangers who know who my brother is because they went to the same school as him. He was segregated mostly (his school experience was more 1:1 daycare than school), but they would escort him to different rooms, that was enough for anyone to tell there was something really wrong with him.
I’d guess my brother would probably have been in a state hospital, locked up in the basement, or similar in the 1950s. People mostly wouldn’t be aware of people like him.
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