He needs to read more recent studies. There are many "autistic" people who are gainfully employed, college graduates, and can even go to the bathroom unassisted! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
He needs to read more recent studies. There are many "autistic" people who are gainfully employed, college graduates, and can even go to the bathroom unassisted! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
I finally found an article related to your response. My God! What inane statements he made. I get the impression that he is stuck with the 1960 definition. I remember that time and that definition. But not being in the medical field or research field, I witnessed the expansion of the definition as well as the expansion of people’s learning that it was more like a different way of perception and approach. And that most were fully functional people who (in my simplification that I understand) just needed to find the best way they approached things.
Honestly, I think RFK Jr needs to take a good look at what appears to be major limitations on his comprehension capabilities and adjust accordingly.
I studied Psychology at Sydney University (Australia) in the 60s and autism was treated as a type of psychosis then. Thankfully that classification is no longer. I have 2 grandsons on the autism spectrum. Both are fully functional. I don't agree with RFK jr.
RFK Jr. is way off base. My family has several adults and children on the spectrum. We are artists and engineers, writers and performers. Highly educated, very sensitive, good thinkers, and caring friends. I wouldn't change us for the world.
He needs to read more recent studies. There are many "autistic" people who are gainfully employed, college graduates, and can even go to the bathroom unassisted! WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?
I finally found an article related to your response. My God! What inane statements he made. I get the impression that he is stuck with the 1960 definition. I remember that time and that definition. But not being in the medical field or research field, I witnessed the expansion of the definition as well as the expansion of people’s learning that it was more like a different way of perception and approach. And that most were fully functional people who (in my simplification that I understand) just needed to find the best way they approached things.
Honestly, I think RFK Jr needs to take a good look at what appears to be major limitations on his comprehension capabilities and adjust accordingly.
I studied Psychology at Sydney University (Australia) in the 60s and autism was treated as a type of psychosis then. Thankfully that classification is no longer. I have 2 grandsons on the autism spectrum. Both are fully functional. I don't agree with RFK jr.
RFK Jr. is way off base. My family has several adults and children on the spectrum. We are artists and engineers, writers and performers. Highly educated, very sensitive, good thinkers, and caring friends. I wouldn't change us for the world.