Grandpa Pudding Brains says he's "studied" circumcision for a long time
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America's ongoing experiment in handing microphones to cranks took another turn when RFK Jr. floated the thoroughly debunked claim that early circumcision doubles autism risk, prompting Donald Trump to claim expertise on the matter as only he can: "I've studied this a long time."
What that study consisted of remains mercifully unspecified, but few exchanges better capture the current state of right-wing governance than one conspiracy enthusiast offering junk medical folklore while another instantly claims a deep personal research background in infant circumcision.
Raising many questions, Grandpa Pudding Brains says he’s “studied” circumcision for a long time
America's ongoing experiment in handing microphones to cranks took another turn when RFK Jr. floated the thoroughly debunked claim that early circumcision doubles autism risk, prompting Donald Trump to claim…boingboing.net
Geezus. Putting that whackjob in that position is like appointing H10 to head up the ATF.
One of our g-sons is on the spectrum. Current thinking, at least among educated and knowledgeable sane people, is that the diagnostic criteria has been expanded. My g-son would have been labeled a "problem child" or "a handful" 40 years ago. Now he's just a typical kid with a neurological anomaly. He is very bright, can read already (he's five), has a great deal of empathy, but doesn't deal well with new situations or transitions from one activity to another. A drop of water on his clothes send him into total meltdown. His preschool works with him daily; he's come a long way.
In the old days only the profoundly autistic would have received diagnosis, extra help and attention. Now we are alert to neurodivergence and able to step in if necessary to help the child learn to cope and work around. There is no evidence that vaccines or any other external environmental factors cause spectrum disorder. It's most likely hereditary. My g-son's mom (my middle daughter) is slightly neurodivergent, his uncle quite a bit more so, and so is his g-ma.
How is your son doing now?
It sounds as though he had an infection. Could it have affected his brain/mind? The measles virus certainly does.
Tbird19482
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He is doing fine , we get him this weekend.One of our g-sons is on the spectrum. Current thinking, at least among educated and knowledgeable sane people, is that the diagnostic criteria has been expanded. My g-son would have been labeled a "problem child" or "a handful" 40 years ago. Now he's just a typical kid with a neurological anomaly. He is very bright, can read already (he's five), has a great deal of empathy, but doesn't deal well with new situations or transitions from one activity to another. A drop of water on his clothes send him into total meltdown. His preschool works with him daily; he's come a long way.
In the old days only the profoundly autistic would have received diagnosis, extra help and attention. Now we are alert to neurodivergence and able to step in if necessary to help the child learn to cope and work around. There is no evidence that vaccines or any other external environmental factors cause spectrum disorder. It's most likely hereditary. My g-son's mom (my middle daughter) is slightly neurodivergent, his uncle quite a bit more so, and so is his g-ma.
How is your son doing now?
My son can tell you what day of the week it is/was just by giving him a date.
It was funny how we found out what he was doing, we would say a date and he would say a day and did this for some time then one day I was on the phone with a friend and he did it , so I asked my friend if they knew a date and what day it was for sure, well her daughter was born on July 4th and it was a sat. so I asked him and that is what he said it was,
so we went and got a calendar and started asking him dates and he was right every time, not only dates from the past but into the future,
It could be 5 years, 10 years 1000 years he has always been right.
It is funny some of the things the people that have autism can do.
He has dementia.America's ongoing experiment in handing microphones to cranks took another turn when RFK Jr. floated the thoroughly debunked claim that early circumcision doubles autism risk, prompting Donald Trump to claim expertise on the matter as only he can: "I've studied this a long time."
What that study consisted of remains mercifully unspecified, but few exchanges better capture the current state of right-wing governance than one conspiracy enthusiast offering junk medical folklore while another instantly claims a deep personal research background in infant circumcision.
Raising many questions, Grandpa Pudding Brains says he’s “studied” circumcision for a long time
America's ongoing experiment in handing microphones to cranks took another turn when RFK Jr. floated the thoroughly debunked claim that early circumcision doubles autism risk, prompting Donald Trump to claim…
In the bad old days they called people with those abilities "idiot savants." I'm sure you've seen "Rainman," right? My younger son went to school with a neighbor boy who could do that same thing with dates. He also could play -- perfectly! -- any song he heard just once on their piano. He always won the talent shows at school. But he struggled to get along with others, didn't seem to understand when he'd said something rude or unkind or the reactions he got when he did. He no doubt would be diagnosed as being on the spectrum if he was a school kid today.
Tbird19482
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Well we don't have a piano so I don't know if he could play it, but if he hears a song once the can sing it with no problem.
Some of the things they can do just amazes me.
About 25 years ago, I had a girlfriend who was a social worker. She worked for the Early Intervention Program.. her job was to find undiagnosed cases of autism In the community. They estimated that about 30 - 40 percent of cases in the poor and uneducated communities were undiagnosed.
Tbird19482
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Yep diagnoses of Autism has gotten a lot better, as I said back in the late 70s early 80s a lot of Dr s didn't know very much about it.
I am glad that is is being dealt with a lot better now a days.
It can be a very serious condition if people are not aware of its effects.
Early intervention is very helpful.