tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post1535953668271134096..comments2024-01-24T11:20:46.055+00:00Comments on in regione caecorum rex est luscus: Clumsy definitions of disabilityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-89457845063843782772009-03-03T15:40:00.000+00:002009-03-03T15:40:00.000+00:00Interesting perspective. I've always been troubled...Interesting perspective. I've always been troubled by the distinctions beteen Autism and Aspergers, or HFA and LFA. I've come to believe that most of these differences are the results of various levels of intelligence, communication, teaching techniques, sensory impairment, luck, social circumstance, and personal coping techniques. <BR/><BR/>From what I can find, Deafness is not considered a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-18243730003131150832009-03-03T10:21:00.000+00:002009-03-03T10:21:00.000+00:00The example of self diagnosis I gave was relativel...The example of self diagnosis I gave was relatively trivial, at about the same level of having a cough and concluding it is a common cold and not pneumonia :)<BR/><BR/>My own GP who referred me for an AS assessment (an experienced psychiatrist himself at that time) said that I was his first patient with AS but that on the experience of sending me for a dx he had begun to recognise it in others ofLarry Arnold PhD FRSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-31484583399640428822009-03-03T10:03:00.000+00:002009-03-03T10:03:00.000+00:00Joe: "As to why does a doctor need to do the diagn...Joe: "As to why does a doctor need to do the diagnosis? Because (s)he's as convenient a gatekeeper as anyone. If you could self diagnose, then many more would be self diagnosing in order to try to obtain governmental money."<BR/><BR/>This would cause a problem... what measure of objectivity is there in self-diagnosis? Self-diagnosis has some potential flaws, although I do not see them as David N. Andrews M. Ed., C. P. S. E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10361832306977383560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-90560297398088569452009-03-03T08:21:00.000+00:002009-03-03T08:21:00.000+00:00Well sometimes self diagnosis is as good as any, w...Well sometimes self diagnosis is as good as any, when it is validated.<BR/><BR/>Martijn Dekker I believe came up with the notion of peer validated self diagnosis.<BR/><BR/>But to keep the gates, I see no reason why any competent psychologist outside of the field of medicine could not diagnose, indeed in my case it was an occupational psychologist who hinted at something more amiss than dyslexia Larry Arnold PhD FRSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-90575600810028406202009-03-03T04:03:00.000+00:002009-03-03T04:03:00.000+00:00Hi, yes there seems to be some problem, but thanks...Hi, yes there seems to be some problem, but thanks for your reply - that is what I think too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-14842567208274067342009-03-03T02:57:00.000+00:002009-03-03T02:57:00.000+00:00I believe that the growth in the number of cases o...I believe that the growth in the number of cases of autism is related to a couple phenomena:<BR/><BR/>1) Expansion of diagnostic categories,<BR/><BR/>2) Having a formal diagnosis as a necessary step to obtaining any services. When there weren't any (or very few) services available, it didn't make any difference whether you had a diagnosis or not.<BR/><BR/>I don't think it's because it's Club 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-71413238413985520432009-03-02T19:31:00.000+00:002009-03-02T19:31:00.000+00:00Tinted I think there is a problem with blogger, I ...Tinted I think there is a problem with blogger, I have just let the second of your posts through but I can't see it yet.<BR/><BR/>In reply, to describe autism on a bell curve is of course an over simplification given that autism is a multiaxial phenomenon, but I guess most people would have difficulty creating mental images of n dimensional space so I leave it at that.Larry Arnold PhD FRSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-34898930990158174802009-03-02T19:28:00.000+00:002009-03-02T19:28:00.000+00:00Your name is not Harold Doherty or John Best is it...Your name is not Harold Doherty or John Best is it?<BR/><BR/>This is the first post I have seen from you, maybe a problem posting to blogger, I have that sometimes.Larry Arnold PhD FRSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-76274634747734769732009-03-02T19:11:00.000+00:002009-03-02T19:11:00.000+00:00Have I been banned? The last couple of times I've ...Have I been banned? The last couple of times I've tried to comment, my posts haven't been shown. I can't think what was offensive about them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-10368036401138318832009-03-02T18:34:00.000+00:002009-03-02T18:34:00.000+00:00I'm afraid I don't have "sensible debate" to offer...I'm afraid I don't have "sensible debate" to offer. I don't really have debate to offer. I just want to say I thought this post presents an interesting point, that the more demand there is to do an activity, the more people are going to notice how many people, well, aren't so good at that activity (makes good sense to me). Can I do that? :)Fleecyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04918012773089750636noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-1383025138463302282009-03-02T17:42:00.000+00:002009-03-02T17:42:00.000+00:00What measure of autism do you use to place autisti...What measure of autism do you use to place autistics in order on a bell curve?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-14422462043613916452009-03-02T16:42:00.000+00:002009-03-02T16:42:00.000+00:00Translating the Satyricon is one thing, but fillin...Translating the Satyricon is one thing, but filling in Petronius' blanks by adding your own scurrilous text may well earn you an ASBO even in Cambridge :)<BR/><BR/>Oh dear I have lowered the tone of the debate already.Larry Arnold PhD FRSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05074432718592268750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-72386361948123024592009-03-02T16:14:00.000+00:002009-03-02T16:14:00.000+00:00"Is it because Autism confers a perceived social a...<I>"Is it because Autism confers a perceived social advantage in a highly competitive educational arena that parents and paediatricians are getting hip to the autism jive?"</I><BR/><BR/>I postulate that Oliver and Charlotte are going to benefit enormously from the many accommodations that will be available to the children of the assertive and educated middle classes.<BR/><BR/>Whereas yer lawless Socrateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12525104555859213125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22240007.post-17663804784175027962009-03-02T14:35:00.000+00:002009-03-02T14:35:00.000+00:00Isn't lack of understanding of "natural distributi...Isn't lack of understanding of "natural distribution" one of the primary reasons why it's so easy to stereotype? It's only in the last decade or two that there has been acknowledgement of the simple fact that gifted children can have learning disabilities. I now see the autism spectrum in the same light--autistic individuals "can't" be gifted, or even normally intelligent. This is an area that CS McClellan/Catanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12528100633458181090noreply@blogger.com