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Sigh. I see there's new books out. This is one.
Apparently, the individual in the book has an immune condition which they had treated, and the family believe this is the same as Recovering From Autism.
Some days are stranger than others, eh.
Some days are stranger than others, eh.
Would we like me to paraphrase some small tasters of what's in the book? Brace yourselves.
"Although R [was a top student] what made us proud was him drinking beer, going on dates and staying out all night"
Er, mmm, whose life is this? His, or his parents' ? /
"Although R [was a top student] what made us proud was him drinking beer, going on dates and staying out all night"
Er, mmm, whose life is this? His, or his parents' ? /
"No-one can miss a child with autism. They [smash everything up] " (!)
"At first I didn't think R could have a normal life"
"We worked constantly to lure him away from Autism Island"
and paraphrased "Our daughter was perfect, and loved us, and we wanted R to match her standards".
"At first I didn't think R could have a normal life"
"We worked constantly to lure him away from Autism Island"
and paraphrased "Our daughter was perfect, and loved us, and we wanted R to match her standards".
"No-one wants this diagnosis"
Paraphrased: "At least he wasn't like Those People With Down's Syndrome!"
"The first job of a newborn is to connect emotionally with his mother".
Anyone else needing a cup of tea by now?
Paraphrased: "At least he wasn't like Those People With Down's Syndrome!"
"The first job of a newborn is to connect emotionally with his mother".
Anyone else needing a cup of tea by now?
"We gave him too much power and control" [by making life doable for him]
"I often questioned whether there was any form of intelligent life in there"
"I learned that autism is a very very serious diagnosis. There is no cure"
"I often questioned whether there was any form of intelligent life in there"
"I learned that autism is a very very serious diagnosis. There is no cure"
"...my child was incurably damaged, broken, unfixable"
"I have never felt that kind of pain before"
Dumping Ryan in a swimming pool with other children, he became distressed. Mum explains this as follows: He almost drowned to get his own way, see?
"I have never felt that kind of pain before"
Dumping Ryan in a swimming pool with other children, he became distressed. Mum explains this as follows: He almost drowned to get his own way, see?
"Some days I would force him to hug me"
"R, you have to hug me, I'm your mum and it's your job"
Is there a Psychiatrist in the house?
"R, you have to hug me, I'm your mum and it's your job"
Is there a Psychiatrist in the house?
R is given DAN treatment, ABA, antifungals, pills & potions, put on restricted diets on which he failed to thrive..
The parents used to hit him.
"ABA is totally positive" [40+ hrs a week] "Ryan was our ABA project"
"Now we had effective tools to make R comply with what we asked"
The parents used to hit him.
"ABA is totally positive" [40+ hrs a week] "Ryan was our ABA project"
"Now we had effective tools to make R comply with what we asked"
Moving past the point where the mum has to brag to other mums that her child is better than their child after having normalisation enforced on them for literally their whole childhood.
By college, Ryan writes this about himself.
By college, Ryan writes this about himself.
Apparently we're worse than Covid-19.
Nice.
Nice.
Ryan (the son in the book), if you ever read this, know that there is a community of endless thousands who are here for you.
You are not worse than Covid-19.
You are fabulous, and autistic, and that's totally utterly OK.
You are not worse than Covid-19.
You are fabulous, and autistic, and that's totally utterly OK.
Meantime:
Decades ago, a young girl flapped and rocked in a room, non-verbal, lining things up, seemingly in a world of her own.
I have friends, a social life, I run a national Professional Practice that I co-founded.
And I had none of those treatments at all.
Autistic and proud
Decades ago, a young girl flapped and rocked in a room, non-verbal, lining things up, seemingly in a world of her own.
I have friends, a social life, I run a national Professional Practice that I co-founded.
And I had none of those treatments at all.
Autistic and proud
When the Cochrane Review team (top international auditors) looked at all the evidence for early behavioural intervention, they couldn't find any evidence to prove it worked.
All that happened was that the children grew up.
We
Grow
Up
It's not hard to comprehend, really.
All that happened was that the children grew up.
We
Grow
Up
It's not hard to comprehend, really.
Every autistic person is a person of full worth.
Worth every human right.
Worth respect.
Worth love without condition from their carers.
And every autistic person deserves their *own* best future, not that dictated by their parents in a quest to 'win'. We're not a competition.
Worth every human right.
Worth respect.
Worth love without condition from their carers.
And every autistic person deserves their *own* best future, not that dictated by their parents in a quest to 'win'. We're not a competition.
