This passion/obsession/fixation (whatever you want to call it) will serve me well in my career. I'm currently working on getting a Bachelors of Science in Business Management with a minor in Marketing at one college, and I am also hoping on getting a Bachelors of Business Administration in Music Business with a minor in Entertainment Industry Studies, and, at some point in my life, a Masters in Music Business at another college.
I am 22. I have autism/Asperger's, and I am also bisexual. I do NOT want to be cured. I am not broken so don’t fix me. My autism, like my bisexuality, is an immutable characteristic, and it is what makes me unique and different. Being unique is GOOD thing. Yes, I agree that autism does suck sometimes. I wish I could make friends easily and that I wasn't so hypersensitive, but I love that I have an intense focus on music and being a music producer. (continued)
I'm a painter. I would never give up those sleepless nights and morose thoughts for a single one of my paintings. I find that we all have our own stims and quirks.
My son is autistic. If someone told me I could give him a pill at night that wuold make him wake up "normal" in the morning, obviously I would never wish to do that. But if he gets sick, I would take the necessary measures like medical intervention to try to help him. I don't have the illusion that I have unlimited control over and influence on my son, his personality or his environment. I have had some manic depression and suffered from social issues as a young person myself, and now
i would like to be cured... no doubt... being "gifted" in a planet that's not prepared for it... it's terrible... i would love to feel normal. that wouldn't change who i am, but wouldn't make me feel that weird and strangely guilty all the time.
hum..i have very good social skills, but it's probably cuz one of my element of study's humanity's behavior in general,,, i learned how to act like "them", when i don't act i suck. anyway... i would like to have parents that understand like you. :'(
I don't mind stimming but I mind the anxiety, I think half of the social problems merely need to be accepted but the other half(really bad social problems) can be cured.
I am diagnosed PDD-NOS. I am as happy with my identity and my traits as you are with yours. This society doesn't properly respect and cherish people on the Autism spectrum and it is hurtful and we are being discriminated against. I do not wish to loose my traits or my identity. My neurological system...how I percieve the world..me..this is very personal..and who could imagine giving this all up for another "correct" way of being. It is good that your son is doing well though. Words hurt.
i dont understand why people are so aprehensive to helping children with autism. you did a wonderful job with this video. there is so much anger and resentment. i mean take it one step further!
It's hard to have a relationship to an autistic person. My son cannot talk or communicate very well. Of course I want a cure. I know that it can be genetic or medical. We all know that something is causeing the problem. But what is it??? Noboby has a monopoly on that answer at the moment. I my hope that we can find that answer we are looking for. All camps included.
I have 2 asd girls.1 in 3 kids with ASD have or will develop seizures.The seizures are horrible.They've caused lesions on her brain. She started having the seizures after an MMR and a fever induced by the MMR. These are possible side effects listed on the vaccine handout,only she never recovered fully.Anyway,83% of developmentally disabled females are sexually assaulted.I want my daughter to be able to understand safety. She's also unable to cross the street alone.I won't always be around.cont'd
I want a cure. I love her, but I dont love the things that hurt her.Both sides of my kids' family have genuises in them, but both my kids were environmentally damaged. One is a teenager and assimilating into the masses adequately.The other will live off the gamble of goodwill of others for the rest of her life.
I don't feel guilty about wanting a cure for her and I don't feel like a bad person for wanting one.I already have enough to feel guilty about and a wishing for a cure is the last on my list. Take a number and get in line for beating me with the guilt stick. Great video.
I like U a great deal & think this video like all UR others give UR opinion well & R strong videos 4 understanding others. Agreement ??
Like any other opinionated person on You-Tube relative 2 autism I have my opinions.
I think U rock, but I must like any other obsessive compulsive person base my answers off the 116 books & over 1000 journal articles I read on conditioning, behavior modification, & autism.
Perhaps I'm spectrum 2, but again # of mutations counts & mine does not add up.
I am well aware apples fall from trees & no doubt there R some mutations in parents, but that does not a disability make.
UR learning path was not restricted like him at all. I get UR post & it's cool, but I fail 2 see each behavior as a genetic cause. I would argue prove it.
Behaviorist have proven amount talked 2 sets I.Q. & that score relates 2 very specific behavior which is highly irrelevant 2 darwinian survival. Rather parents talking behavior 2 baby is conditioned.
To state I am like them when their obsessive compulsive has nothing to do with that at all and more to do with restricted interests due to "Stimulus Overselectivity" is like saying we are alike due to being human.
Yes we all learn by operant conditioning and classical conditioning, but the level of missing genetic material or replication of mutation is different for those with autism.
It is true that behavior is conditioned but being obsessive about certain subjects isnt. What I'm saying is that if I get obsessive about Sci Fi authors and my daughter gets obsessive about ghosts...I dont think that conditioned. I've seen kids who were seperated from their parents who grew up just like them. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree type thing. Some behaviors are conditioned but I feel most kids behaviors are genetic in origin.
You wrote "2 state that Einstein or Bill Gates is on spectrum is akin 2 saying the disabled aren't really disabled"
This is akin to saying that a disabled person cant excel in other areas and if you have autism then you wont have an area in life where you have more abilities than a non-autistic person.
I am not saying an person with autism can't succeed in life or achieve great things.
Abraham Lincoln struggled with depression and accomplished great things.
But the question is why social issues? The answer is a lack of conditioning for success in steps related to social behavior. Reinforcement schedules create a great deal of behavior or end the development of a great deal of behavior.
Or how about why does language development not occur? Answer is lack of conditioning 4 success in steps related 2 language behavior. Reinforcement schedules create great deal of behavior or end development of a great deal of behavior.
I think U would agree an intervention is answer 2 offer up 2 someone 4 a child failing 2 learn language or social behaviors.
"Stimulus Overselectivity" can mean person excels in something, but it can also mean they excel in nothing.
Wonderful! wonderful video! Thank you for making this, you took the words out of my mouth. My son's father says the same things about some of our autistic sons traits.
Completely agree with Maidens Touch. My son improved so much on a casein/gluten free diet, and less sugar, that he and I was happier because of it. So if it means the child can go out, have fun and live a life with family that is happier, well then great. Alot of children with Aspergers have gr8 skills well gr8 but if it is a deficiency like magnesium/low omega 3/high heavy metals and one can pass it to kids and harm them, this is not good?
We should treat the more harsher symptoms (no speech, no eye contact, no notion that others are around them, etc) but accept this as a way of life rather than a disorder.
I know chemicals could have been the cause, as well as genetics so it would seem that this isn't a way of life...but plenty of those with autism/aspergers are perfectly happy in how they are. So, we should make a way for them to converse with us...but accept it.
Accept it. I mean, that's what I think, at least. However, I say we should seek treatment for so the negative, hurtful secondary conditions that come with Autism, not go for a total cure.
"hurtful secondary conditions" you realize that is all anyone has ever done as of yet as no one knows what the primary condition is except in the case of Fragile X.
Therefore, no one in history has yet been treated for autism in any way except for the "hurtful secondary conditions" of autism that are used to diagnosis it presently.
Those "hurtful secondary conditions" must be behaviors as that is how autism is diagnosed.
Well, when a person aborts a Fragile X child that would be reacting to the primary cause of autism now that in that case a primary cause is known.
As far as I know nobody has treated genetic material missing or mutated in one location in the hundreds and so no primary cause of autism has been treated yet.
Let's hope that maybe nobody ever treats the primary cause of autism unless you want to either destroy a fetus with our present knowledge.
the trick is determining what is medical and what is genetic. I am not against GF/CF free diets. But people need to be careful with what you try to cure. My stims make me look odd, but they don't hurt anyone, so I don't think they need to be cured. The trick is helping people, but not trying to turn them into neurotypicals.
Beautifully said. You've helped me understand my son so much more. He has developmental delays that make his autistic traits display oddly... I love his autistic traits (he's so like me!) - I am just working to help him get over the delay.
Something that has been my understanding of the evidence is that the food intolerances, which appear more common among autistics and people with autistic traits / autism in the family, will, by fact of being a medical stressor on the system, make a person less able to do certain things they otherwise could. I know when I am sick/stressed, I have more meltdowns, times I can't speak, and seizures, too.
I can not agree more with this vid PHIL it was alot more clear than some other one i watched when you talk about simalar issues. I think a lot of med stuff might be caused by an ASPIE and NT having a child. The two diffrent types of NURO brian function are in some why not compatible that it causes med issues and also perhaps ASPERGERS is a process in it's self perhaps towards a more logical brain (mainly in males). Keep up the good work your hero to all the ppl how are affect by this issue.
i would really love to know what exactlly you fed him befor you switched his diet...my son is just turned 2 and has been diagnosed with pdd...i would really like to know also what yoiu are giving him to eat now..anything to try to help my son stop stimming and pay closer attention to me and his surroundings..he is in early intervention for a month now and i do see progress in the short time he has been reciving these services..
I personally don't think stims should be stopped as long as they don't hurt anyone. Neurotypicals stim too, you just do it in socially acceptable ways. Tapping your foot is social acceptable, but flapping your hands is not. But they are done for pretty much the same reasons.
i agree. stims are many times a childs way of expressing various emotions...take them away and if the child cant find another way to express those emotions then anxiety sets in.
A real "cure" would have to be medical or genetic tampering. However, since their is not definition of autism that relates to the cause (the closest being stimulus overselectivity) behaviorism can not remove autism, but it can make one completely indistinguishable.
You could effec the biological by diet or medicine, but the genetic can also be changed. It is not removed, but it is changed. How can that be stated? Because autism is defined by behaviors and behaviors are learned and thus conditioning (learning) will remove or teach alternative behaviors. One can remove without aversives; everyone ought to know that. Thus behaviorism does not call it "cure" but rather "recovery" or loss of label.
i think perhaps autistic people are more sensitive to environmental assaults/toxins/allergies-things which respond to biomedical research. My son's gut problems, allergies that were ignored by regular pediatricians. "oh...diarrhea is just common with these kids - NOT ok how do we fix this. His DAN! doctor was the only one who cared.
What you call genetic and biomedical are both genetic. Interventions lessen or completly mask the impact of the health issues, but they don't provide cure. You would be a strong ally to the "born Autistic die Autistic crowd." People overuse derogatory terms like neurotypical and curbie, but this is the fringe. I and many others firmly subscribe to "born Autistic, die Autistic" and share your opinions on autism. Come to an Autscape conference. You might be suprised.
Hi! i will check it out Autdancer. I think issues like Yeast Overgrowth and Food Intolerances arent genetic though and both can give a child symptoms of autism. They did in mine. Thats why i feel there is a medical side to autism. Take care and thanks for your comment!
Of course there is a medical side. I deal with that every day. A connerstone of DAN is to tell people that Autistics can manifest medical issues. Also, there is increased expression of OCD and ADHD in families with Autism. This is also part of the gentic inheritance. Research in Denmark and the USSR in the 1970's adressed this issue. Unfortunatly a lot of this did not get translated into English, but if you can read those languages, I'll send you some references.
Phil, this is your best video yet! (Together with the parent's traits one). Absolutely true! And if both communities had that knowledge all autistic kids would win tremendously!!!! Now that I gained the courage to post videos (maybe..hee.), I may answer you later totally prooving your point. Thanks again for such valuable info!! Keep 'em coming! :-)
Hi Phil. You're absolutely correct. Temple Grandin said once the world would be a very boring place without autistics. It's unfortunate that there are some who think everyone must act neurotypical. I don't.
but really the whole point to me is that a lot of people really do preach accepting autism and they deny that there is a medical side to it. thats a very dangerous message. its also dangerous when parents try to 'cure' personalities. ive seen both sides of that and kids honestly are suffering. thanks for comments!
Acutally, the Medical side is GI malfunctioning, it has nothign to do with Autism, it doese cause, however, Similar symptoms to Autism. Oh, and Philcommander, don't get mad at my friend Hadasen, he's been treated so horribly, thanks for hearing me out
Hi and thanks for your comment. i agree, but it does have something to do with autism in the sense that you can get diagnosed w/autism due to those symptoms. but i understand your point which is that its not classic autism or aspergers. who is Hadasen?
Yeah,t hat's what I was getting at, I blieve that DAN doctors are a Miss-Nomer, maybe they ARE fighting something or some form of Autism, but it is mostly the bio/medical end. that is why people. Hadasen is Aspie(numbers here) the one that got on you about the Curebie/Quack video
yeah, he's not the nicest guy. i tried writing him a couple of nice emails offline, he never responded. but i never write off anyone, and i hope in the future me and him can be on friendly terms. theres too much argueing and anger in the world to add to it. i like making friends, not creating enemies.
You have me as a friend.. I know this is soon, but I would like to voicechat with you, and tell you about our former culture in the old group home for Autistics. I want to, through word of mouth, explain why I was, at one time "Against" you, which is in my roots the only NTs I knew back then WERE the staff, and therapists
Oh, just download a program called "Skype" at Skype (dot)com and then install it, making an account inside the program, as apposed to making them on a site.
i think youre talking to me heraldblog. examples of people who preach accept autism and deny theres a medical side to it? ive literally heard from no less than 25 since joining youtube.
A lot of it comes down to definitions. But I do believe that if my son did not have food intolerances that gave him many autistic symptoms that he would NOT have received the diagnosis. Those intolerances gave him the label because they gave him enough symptoms. Thats the medical side, symptoms being caused by medical conditions that can be cured.
more on what ive seen from observation. Jake got a diagnosis of autism due to certain behaviors, we changed his diet and did many of those behaviors went away, therefore his diet was the key element in him getting the diagnosis. this is what i call the medical side of autism. do i really need science?
Depends on which definition of "science" you are using. The scientific method developed over the last 200 years or due to the recognition that our observations can't always be trusted. Ever seen a magician saw a woman in half and put her back together? Did you trust your observation? Why not? Would a person who doesn't know what you know about severe trauma injuries be right to trust his?
not to sure what you mean overall. im just saying that i dont need science to tell me that if i call my boss a donkey they will get mad. ive called them that and ive seen their reaction. i didnt need science to tell me what i saw in jake when i changed his diet. i changed his diet and observed. has science ever shown the reasons why some people wake up in a bad mood? do you doubt they do? so like i said, do i really need science?
I think you're confusing "gut instinct" with science. Instinct is not always right. Science contradicts instinct all the time. Instinct tells us a brick wall is solid, but particle physics tells us there is more space than matter in a brick wall. Gut instinct told our ancestors that witches cast spells, and disease was caused by mixing hot and cold foods. Do you need science? Do you have to ask?
if you were with ten people and extremely hungry and came across food and the other nine people ate it...how many would have to fall down sick before you decided not to eat it? or could all nine fall down sick and since you have no science to tell you that the food is bad you would eat it? how about ten sick people stop eating food and you see them feel better. how many would have to feel better before you tried the same with your sick child?
We're not talking about hungry people getting sick. That's a hypothetical situation that you've cooked up to describe something very real. My son also has autism, and it would be correct to say the symptoms appeared after some of his vaccinations. If I was going on pure gut instinct, and was clueless about the science, and was angry enough to make up my mind facts be damned, then I would agree that nobody needs science. I'd probably embrace a few logical fallacies, too.
but you are assuming that science is always correct and it is not. a lot of people actually assume that if something is proven scientifically then it is fact. thats not the case. even if peer reviewed. science is always changing as we understand more about the body. people trust science way too much.
I'm making no such assumption. Science is self correcting, and that is it's strength. When new evidence is presented, science rethinks its assumptions and adjusts. Can you say the same thing? How open are you to new evidence? How seriously are we suppose to take a person who claims to have no use for science? If you show me real evidence that vaccines cause autism, I will change my mind. So will every serious scientist in the world.
but i never said that vaccines cause autism. i simply have said and still feel that they should never be taken off the board as a possible cause of dev. delays.
and i do not have any use for science. none. ive never used it to back up my views. ive never talked about any studies or anything that back up my views cause i disregard the scientific community.
scientist are so unreliable and their conclusions often times are based on personal biased. i should do a video on it. maybe i will then you will better understand why i say i have absolutely no use for science and i agree that Galileo should have been thrown in jail. (aint that a great sound bite!!!)
You realize that without science, there would be no internet, right? Ever had surgery? Science. Put gasoline in your car? Science. Saying you have no use for science is saying you ignore personal bias when you make generalizations about the world. Bias is natural human behavior. Science corrects for bias.
science is based on bias. it claims its not and thats why i say i have no use for it. it is blind to its biased and shortcomings. its haughty. in the end i feel that science hasnt done as much good as it has harm. are we really any better off than the caveman? we are ruining (have ruined) the earth through the 'progress' of science.
Let's see if I have this right: you reject science because it is biased (biased in favor of what? Truth?) so you advocate replacing science with your own personal bias. Is that right?
Phil, I'm starting to think you're pulling my leg, especially after your Galileo remark. You can't be this uninformed.
biased in favor of the scientist personal feelings. scientist are people and they come with their predispositons. you cant remove the human element of science when humans are the scientist.
i am far more informed than you can imagined. thats why i know science has led mankind down the wrong path.
Yes, scientists are humans with human biases. That's why it's important to follow the scientific method which controls for bias. Right?
Bettleheim got away with his refrigerator mom nonsense not because he was a scientist, but because other scientists weren't challenging his biased observations. Bettleheim was a grandstanding fraud who counted on other people's gut instincts for validation. It worked for about 20 years.
there are thousands of examples of scientist being proven wrong after it was accepted they were right. the scientific method can never rule out human biased. it just cant. so its always open to error. i will trust my observations and testimony over science any day of the week.
Men sometimes speak as though the progress of science must necessarily be a boon to mankind, but that, i fear, is one of the comfortable nineteenth century delusions which our more disillusioned age must disregard--Bertrand Russell
I have come to have very profound and deep-rooted doubts whether Science, as practiced at present by the human race, will ever do anything to make the world a better and happier place to live in, or will ever stop contributing to our general misery. --Hendrik Van Loon
what do you think of pesticides and air pollution? pcb's? growth hormones given to cows? mercury? and all the other wonderful things science has created?
Science didn't create mercury. It's a naturally occurring element. Yes, there is pollution and global warming and other bad stuff, but I would argue those problems would be greatly ameliorated by greater application of the scientific method, not less. You indicating, unwittingly I'm sure, a trade off between scientific progress and pollution. I guess the question is if mankind is better off now than 500 years ago, before Galileo first applied quantitative inquiry.
Well, you can accept autism reguardless of the cause. The main thing is that you accept your child, with or without the autism. Like any child, you love them and do what you can to help them be successful. Many autistic kids need more help than kids without it, but you learn to improvise. You can help your kids AND accept autism.
BTW, you must be soooo proud of Jake. I don't care what "label" you want to put on it, but he looks like a well adjusted boy in the videos now.
Besides, ain't nothing wrong with a good memory and have PASSIONS. It's better than meandering your way through life with no real interests. People excel at what they are passionate about.
Great series of videos. There is a reason it is a spectrum. That's because it is not one gene/trait/disability. There are 100 or more genes involve.
The core trait of Asperger's is a nonverbal communication disability. I don't think it is the mild OCD traits you described. It does seem that a lot of left brain attributes are common in Asperger's. The question is why?
The only fear I have as an Aspie mom of three autistic kids is that parents are going to subject their children to treatments that are dangerous all in the name of "curing" them. Phil you did a good job here. As a born this way gonna die this way Aspie that went through a lot of stuff to try to "cure" my kid until I understood the it is genetic I am pleased with your approach.
And what about children, such as mine, whose parents don't display anything recognisable as autism-like traits? How would we recognise the difference between medical- and genetic-induced autism?
I would suggest a urinary porphorins test that will reveal if your child is metal toxic. while they are at it, they can also run tests for prader willie, rhetts, fraigile X syndrome, celiac disease. All which are linked to genetic autism of one form or another.
Once again a very good, plain-speeking video Phil. I think your ideas might help to bridge the gap between the two camps. My question though is, 'If you judge the genetic component as being shown by triats which parents also possess, where do you draw the line for medical interventions? I mean, perhaps the parents' traits are environmentally induced too.
i am going to go into more depth in the next few vids and in answer to your other question let me ask you this (and this is an honest question). are you sure you dont (or your spouse) have ANY traits of autism/aspergers?
I've been thinking a lot about this and discussing it with my wife and we both found several of our own behaviours which might be described as autistic. I certainly enjoy my own company more than most people for example. I've not always been happy with this situation.
My m0re sociable bandmembers got the girls because they put in the effort to socialise with them whilst I stayed at home in the solitary persuit of guitar playing. On the other hand they became jelous of my musical skills and songwriting ability. Can't have it both ways I guess.
so there may be a situation where your child may not be outgoing either. (im just using a hypothetical situation). and you would want to be careful for their solitary(ish) personality being a result of genetics and not something that needs to be "cured". it may be their disposition in other words. Theres no amount of biomed that would make you become this super outgoing person. the same applies for your child (this is all hypothetical though)
my personal opinion is this...i dont know if there are genetic thingies going on with ya...but i really dont think there is anything going on enviromental. you are the best example of a person with autism that i would love jake to be...you are the ultimate goal of all of us parents have when we think of our kids...autistic or not, we are all hoping our kids are as wonderful as you!!!!
Well said! I've always felt that re my ASD son, there are clear genetic contributions from both parents-that (for example) have worked tremendously for my family of engineers and shouldn't be tampered with, while there were also obvious ways my son was at risk for his own safety by lack of attention etc. and I found important to medically overcome. Also, this is so important to understand as so much contention seems to exist for no reason between communities. Can't we all just get along?
I totally agree with you! I feel that the two communities can learn from each other in a way that all of our children will benefit from. it just takes some understanding and some clearing up of terminology. and RESPECT!!! thats huge.
thanx for compliment on my paintings! been at it for 7 years...those faces are just kinda like doodles though.
oh yesss he and i both. i am ocd to the core(working on that!) and hes got aspergers traits (socially a bit goofy but soooooo smart.) the way i see it is when two genetic make ups like us, our little one has the autistic tendancies and we have to keep her on a diet of sorts to keep the traits from coming out. just like a child who is hyper,,,no sugars.
a little off topic but a kid in sharons class at school i believe had medical autism and i talked with the parents about his diet and they are so hyped and they are giving the diet a go. im so happy for that little boy. ill keep you guys all updated on if this shows some progress or not!
Great subject translation. I was very slow to mature socially & emotionally however the deficits worked out ok in the long run. I have a lot more fun than most 40 year olds I know & that turned out to be a good thing when you have a 3 year old on the spectrum to entertain & educate. If you mature slower you end up staying more connected to the vibrant aspects of the young.
Would you say that bouncing one's leg nervously or tapping fingers or sensitivity to fabric is more one or the other? BTW, I know that I personally don't want allergies, an upset or "leaky gut" stomache, toxins, etc etc and that parents should treat that stuff too.
i personally would guess the leg bouncing is genetic. thats a guess though. ive seen fathers and sons (NTs) do that. I had sensitivity to certain fabrics too. drove my mom nuts.
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This passion/obsession/fixation (whatever you want to call it) will serve me well in my career. I'm currently working on getting a Bachelors of Science in Business Management with a minor in Marketing at one college, and I am also hoping on getting a Bachelors of Business Administration in Music Business with a minor in Entertainment Industry Studies, and, at some point in my life, a Masters in Music Business at another college.
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I am 22. I have autism/Asperger's, and I am also bisexual. I do NOT want to be cured. I am not broken so don’t fix me. My autism, like my bisexuality, is an immutable characteristic, and it is what makes me unique and different. Being unique is GOOD thing. Yes, I agree that autism does suck sometimes. I wish I could make friends easily and that I wasn't so hypersensitive, but I love that I have an intense focus on music and being a music producer. (continued)
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I'm a painter. I would never give up those sleepless nights and morose thoughts for a single one of my paintings. I find that we all have our own stims and quirks.
Miasmummy2497 11 months ago
My son is autistic. If someone told me I could give him a pill at night that wuold make him wake up "normal" in the morning, obviously I would never wish to do that. But if he gets sick, I would take the necessary measures like medical intervention to try to help him. I don't have the illusion that I have unlimited control over and influence on my son, his personality or his environment. I have had some manic depression and suffered from social issues as a young person myself, and now
Miasmummy2497 11 months ago
i would like to be cured... no doubt... being "gifted" in a planet that's not prepared for it... it's terrible... i would love to feel normal. that wouldn't change who i am, but wouldn't make me feel that weird and strangely guilty all the time.
hum..i have very good social skills, but it's probably cuz one of my element of study's humanity's behavior in general,,, i learned how to act like "them", when i don't act i suck. anyway... i would like to have parents that understand like you. :'(
digitalcatgirl 1 year ago
I don't mind stimming but I mind the anxiety, I think half of the social problems merely need to be accepted but the other half(really bad social problems) can be cured.
Kumari58787 2 years ago
I am diagnosed PDD-NOS. I am as happy with my identity and my traits as you are with yours. This society doesn't properly respect and cherish people on the Autism spectrum and it is hurtful and we are being discriminated against. I do not wish to loose my traits or my identity. My neurological system...how I percieve the world..me..this is very personal..and who could imagine giving this all up for another "correct" way of being. It is good that your son is doing well though. Words hurt.
ChristianJewel76 3 years ago
i dont understand why people are so aprehensive to helping children with autism. you did a wonderful job with this video. there is so much anger and resentment. i mean take it one step further!
great job.
wahineb808 3 years ago
It's hard to have a relationship to an autistic person. My son cannot talk or communicate very well. Of course I want a cure. I know that it can be genetic or medical. We all know that something is causeing the problem. But what is it??? Noboby has a monopoly on that answer at the moment. I my hope that we can find that answer we are looking for. All camps included.
donovanfan3456 3 years ago
I have 2 asd girls.1 in 3 kids with ASD have or will develop seizures.The seizures are horrible.They've caused lesions on her brain. She started having the seizures after an MMR and a fever induced by the MMR. These are possible side effects listed on the vaccine handout,only she never recovered fully.Anyway,83% of developmentally disabled females are sexually assaulted.I want my daughter to be able to understand safety. She's also unable to cross the street alone.I won't always be around.cont'd
girlscantspeak 3 years ago
I want a cure. I love her, but I dont love the things that hurt her.Both sides of my kids' family have genuises in them, but both my kids were environmentally damaged. One is a teenager and assimilating into the masses adequately.The other will live off the gamble of goodwill of others for the rest of her life.
girlscantspeak 3 years ago
I don't feel guilty about wanting a cure for her and I don't feel like a bad person for wanting one.I already have enough to feel guilty about and a wishing for a cure is the last on my list. Take a number and get in line for beating me with the guilt stick. Great video.
girlscantspeak 3 years ago
The cure for Autism may just be Adult Stem Cells from cord blood. Take a look at our blog.
momtoMatthew 3 years ago
Curing Autism is genocide. Just like Hitler did.
WeirdGirl00 3 years ago
all depends on how one defines autism.
PhilCommander2 3 years ago 3
@WeirdGirl00 Wouldnt rather be normal ? If there was a cure, I'd be the first to get it!
jayive34 1 year ago
This guy is just awesome!!! he is helping promote SCD DIET with great strides-Jay aka crohnsboy :)
jaybaluk 3 years ago
I like U a great deal & think this video like all UR others give UR opinion well & R strong videos 4 understanding others. Agreement ??
Like any other opinionated person on You-Tube relative 2 autism I have my opinions.
I think U rock, but I must like any other obsessive compulsive person base my answers off the 116 books & over 1000 journal articles I read on conditioning, behavior modification, & autism.
Perhaps I'm spectrum 2, but again # of mutations counts & mine does not add up.
ABAisSCIENCE 3 years ago
Final Part:
I am well aware apples fall from trees & no doubt there R some mutations in parents, but that does not a disability make.
UR learning path was not restricted like him at all. I get UR post & it's cool, but I fail 2 see each behavior as a genetic cause. I would argue prove it.
Behaviorist have proven amount talked 2 sets I.Q. & that score relates 2 very specific behavior which is highly irrelevant 2 darwinian survival. Rather parents talking behavior 2 baby is conditioned.
ABAisSCIENCE 3 years ago
Next Part Three:
Children like dinosaurs, painting, or cartoons.
To state I am like them when their obsessive compulsive has nothing to do with that at all and more to do with restricted interests due to "Stimulus Overselectivity" is like saying we are alike due to being human.
Yes we all learn by operant conditioning and classical conditioning, but the level of missing genetic material or replication of mutation is different for those with autism.
Let's not call all people autistic.
ABAisSCIENCE 3 years ago
A lot of kids R just like us because behavior is conditioned.
I'm not so sure it's autism unless U consider children with autism R conditioned differently due 2 "stimulus overselectivity."
R any of UR behaviors that seem similar 2 being compulsive related 2 autism?
Highly unlikely. 2 state that Einstein or Bill Gates is on spectrum is akin 2 saying the disabled aren't really disabled.
This is not same as saying disabled can really B helped early in life.
Good bridge building vid.
ABAisSCIENCE 3 years ago
Hi AbaisSCIENCE
It is true that behavior is conditioned but being obsessive about certain subjects isnt. What I'm saying is that if I get obsessive about Sci Fi authors and my daughter gets obsessive about ghosts...I dont think that conditioned. I've seen kids who were seperated from their parents who grew up just like them. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree type thing. Some behaviors are conditioned but I feel most kids behaviors are genetic in origin.
PhilCommander2 3 years ago
To AbaisSCIENCE (continued)
You wrote "2 state that Einstein or Bill Gates is on spectrum is akin 2 saying the disabled aren't really disabled"
This is akin to saying that a disabled person cant excel in other areas and if you have autism then you wont have an area in life where you have more abilities than a non-autistic person.
Continued...
PhilCommander2 3 years ago
To Abaisscience continued...
A disabled person can still achieve greater things in life than a non disabled person.
Being autistic just means you might struggle more in certain areas than a non autistic person would...especially social areas.
I think maybe you should expand your view of what autism is and how it displays itself in individuals.
Aspergers is a form of autism and people w/aspergers can achieve great things in life.
PhilCommander2 3 years ago
PhilCommander2,
I am not saying an person with autism can't succeed in life or achieve great things.
Abraham Lincoln struggled with depression and accomplished great things.
But the question is why social issues? The answer is a lack of conditioning for success in steps related to social behavior. Reinforcement schedules create a great deal of behavior or end the development of a great deal of behavior.
Part One - Two coming up.
ABAisSCIENCE 3 years ago
Part Two:
Or how about why does language development not occur? Answer is lack of conditioning 4 success in steps related 2 language behavior. Reinforcement schedules create great deal of behavior or end development of a great deal of behavior.
I think U would agree an intervention is answer 2 offer up 2 someone 4 a child failing 2 learn language or social behaviors.
"Stimulus Overselectivity" can mean person excels in something, but it can also mean they excel in nothing.
Next Part
ABAisSCIENCE 3 years ago
Wonderful! wonderful video! Thank you for making this, you took the words out of my mouth. My son's father says the same things about some of our autistic sons traits.
eyebelieve777 3 years ago
Completely agree with Maidens Touch. My son improved so much on a casein/gluten free diet, and less sugar, that he and I was happier because of it. So if it means the child can go out, have fun and live a life with family that is happier, well then great. Alot of children with Aspergers have gr8 skills well gr8 but if it is a deficiency like magnesium/low omega 3/high heavy metals and one can pass it to kids and harm them, this is not good?
Catherine8here 3 years ago
To me, I think we should do both.
We should treat the more harsher symptoms (no speech, no eye contact, no notion that others are around them, etc) but accept this as a way of life rather than a disorder.
I know chemicals could have been the cause, as well as genetics so it would seem that this isn't a way of life...but plenty of those with autism/aspergers are perfectly happy in how they are. So, we should make a way for them to converse with us...but accept it.
MaidensTouch 3 years ago 2
Accept it. I mean, that's what I think, at least. However, I say we should seek treatment for so the negative, hurtful secondary conditions that come with Autism, not go for a total cure.
CoolNASCARGuy 3 years ago
CoolNASCARGuy,
"hurtful secondary conditions" you realize that is all anyone has ever done as of yet as no one knows what the primary condition is except in the case of Fragile X.
Therefore, no one in history has yet been treated for autism in any way except for the "hurtful secondary conditions" of autism that are used to diagnosis it presently.
Those "hurtful secondary conditions" must be behaviors as that is how autism is diagnosed.
ABAisSCIENCE 3 years ago
...my mistake.
CoolNASCARGuy 3 years ago
Well, when a person aborts a Fragile X child that would be reacting to the primary cause of autism now that in that case a primary cause is known.
As far as I know nobody has treated genetic material missing or mutated in one location in the hundreds and so no primary cause of autism has been treated yet.
Let's hope that maybe nobody ever treats the primary cause of autism unless you want to either destroy a fetus with our present knowledge.
ABAisSCIENCE 3 years ago
the trick is determining what is medical and what is genetic. I am not against GF/CF free diets. But people need to be careful with what you try to cure. My stims make me look odd, but they don't hurt anyone, so I don't think they need to be cured. The trick is helping people, but not trying to turn them into neurotypicals.
purplemutantas 3 years ago
Phil
i find myself nodding yes so hard to your videos my head is in danger of falling off.
applemarky 4 years ago
glad to hear it! hook up some wires to that neck and you can get some free electricity!
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
The pictures you painted are scarey looking.
jon2xu 4 years ago
Beautifully said. You've helped me understand my son so much more. He has developmental delays that make his autistic traits display oddly... I love his autistic traits (he's so like me!) - I am just working to help him get over the delay.
travelsatnight 4 years ago
This is such an amazing videos. I am learning to much from all of your videos. Thank you so much!!!
laynie 4 years ago
thankyou so much!~
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Something that has been my understanding of the evidence is that the food intolerances, which appear more common among autistics and people with autistic traits / autism in the family, will, by fact of being a medical stressor on the system, make a person less able to do certain things they otherwise could. I know when I am sick/stressed, I have more meltdowns, times I can't speak, and seizures, too.
AuRatio 4 years ago
I can not agree more with this vid PHIL it was alot more clear than some other one i watched when you talk about simalar issues. I think a lot of med stuff might be caused by an ASPIE and NT having a child. The two diffrent types of NURO brian function are in some why not compatible that it causes med issues and also perhaps ASPERGERS is a process in it's self perhaps towards a more logical brain (mainly in males). Keep up the good work your hero to all the ppl how are affect by this issue.
AspiePride 4 years ago
I'm going to try that GFCF diet. I have a variety of Aspergers symptoms, without any of the nifty benefits you're blessed with.
ooQueso 4 years ago
i would really love to know what exactlly you fed him befor you switched his diet...my son is just turned 2 and has been diagnosed with pdd...i would really like to know also what yoiu are giving him to eat now..anything to try to help my son stop stimming and pay closer attention to me and his surroundings..he is in early intervention for a month now and i do see progress in the short time he has been reciving these services..
xdittox1256 4 years ago
I personally don't think stims should be stopped as long as they don't hurt anyone. Neurotypicals stim too, you just do it in socially acceptable ways. Tapping your foot is social acceptable, but flapping your hands is not. But they are done for pretty much the same reasons.
purplemutantas 3 years ago
i agree. stims are many times a childs way of expressing various emotions...take them away and if the child cant find another way to express those emotions then anxiety sets in.
PhilCommander2 3 years ago
A real "cure" would have to be medical or genetic tampering. However, since their is not definition of autism that relates to the cause (the closest being stimulus overselectivity) behaviorism can not remove autism, but it can make one completely indistinguishable.
ABAisSCIENCE 4 years ago
You could effec the biological by diet or medicine, but the genetic can also be changed. It is not removed, but it is changed. How can that be stated? Because autism is defined by behaviors and behaviors are learned and thus conditioning (learning) will remove or teach alternative behaviors. One can remove without aversives; everyone ought to know that. Thus behaviorism does not call it "cure" but rather "recovery" or loss of label.
ABAisSCIENCE 4 years ago
I think we should accept autism. It can't be cured, lol. If we can ease the symptoms, we shjould. However, perhaps a lot of people don;t wanna be.
I know I dont ;)
Treemeadow 4 years ago
On the other hand,
I have a son with aspergers who has no biomedical problems - he's still autistic.
My oldest has aspergers (hyperlexic/savant kinda skills)- no biomedical problems - she's still autistic.
mom5mills 4 years ago
i think perhaps autistic people are more sensitive to environmental assaults/toxins/allergies-things which respond to biomedical research. My son's gut problems, allergies that were ignored by regular pediatricians. "oh...diarrhea is just common with these kids - NOT ok how do we fix this. His DAN! doctor was the only one who cared.
mom5mills 4 years ago
What you call genetic and biomedical are both genetic. Interventions lessen or completly mask the impact of the health issues, but they don't provide cure. You would be a strong ally to the "born Autistic die Autistic crowd." People overuse derogatory terms like neurotypical and curbie, but this is the fringe. I and many others firmly subscribe to "born Autistic, die Autistic" and share your opinions on autism. Come to an Autscape conference. You might be suprised.
AutDancer 4 years ago
Hi! i will check it out Autdancer. I think issues like Yeast Overgrowth and Food Intolerances arent genetic though and both can give a child symptoms of autism. They did in mine. Thats why i feel there is a medical side to autism. Take care and thanks for your comment!
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Of course there is a medical side. I deal with that every day. A connerstone of DAN is to tell people that Autistics can manifest medical issues. Also, there is increased expression of OCD and ADHD in families with Autism. This is also part of the gentic inheritance. Research in Denmark and the USSR in the 1970's adressed this issue. Unfortunatly a lot of this did not get translated into English, but if you can read those languages, I'll send you some references.
AutDancer 4 years ago
Phil, this is your best video yet! (Together with the parent's traits one). Absolutely true! And if both communities had that knowledge all autistic kids would win tremendously!!!! Now that I gained the courage to post videos (maybe..hee.), I may answer you later totally prooving your point. Thanks again for such valuable info!! Keep 'em coming! :-)
totalele 4 years ago
Hi Phil. You're absolutely correct. Temple Grandin said once the world would be a very boring place without autistics. It's unfortunate that there are some who think everyone must act neurotypical. I don't.
Aspie12345 4 years ago
I'm 22 and I suffer from Asbergers Syndrome. I do want to cure Autism but for the time being accept people with Autism.
pkrcaliber03 4 years ago
I guess what I'm saying is that no matter what causes autism, you still have to help them, and you still have to accept them.
drmaier 4 years ago
but really the whole point to me is that a lot of people really do preach accepting autism and they deny that there is a medical side to it. thats a very dangerous message. its also dangerous when parents try to 'cure' personalities. ive seen both sides of that and kids honestly are suffering. thanks for comments!
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Acutally, the Medical side is GI malfunctioning, it has nothign to do with Autism, it doese cause, however, Similar symptoms to Autism. Oh, and Philcommander, don't get mad at my friend Hadasen, he's been treated so horribly, thanks for hearing me out
Serge165 4 years ago
Hi and thanks for your comment. i agree, but it does have something to do with autism in the sense that you can get diagnosed w/autism due to those symptoms. but i understand your point which is that its not classic autism or aspergers. who is Hadasen?
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
and i do believe there are a few more medical issues that could give someone symptoms of autism.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Yeah,t hat's what I was getting at, I blieve that DAN doctors are a Miss-Nomer, maybe they ARE fighting something or some form of Autism, but it is mostly the bio/medical end. that is why people. Hadasen is Aspie(numbers here) the one that got on you about the Curebie/Quack video
Serge165 4 years ago
yeah, he's not the nicest guy. i tried writing him a couple of nice emails offline, he never responded. but i never write off anyone, and i hope in the future me and him can be on friendly terms. theres too much argueing and anger in the world to add to it. i like making friends, not creating enemies.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
You have me as a friend.. I know this is soon, but I would like to voicechat with you, and tell you about our former culture in the old group home for Autistics. I want to, through word of mouth, explain why I was, at one time "Against" you, which is in my roots the only NTs I knew back then WERE the staff, and therapists
Serge165 4 years ago
i would love to voicechat with you (as soon as you explain to me what it is!LOL).
there was a lot of reason to be against me. but it was because i was simply uninformed. so how do i go about getting this voicechat thingy going on?
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
and i do appreciate your friendship. it means a lot to me.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Oh, just download a program called "Skype" at Skype (dot)com and then install it, making an account inside the program, as apposed to making them on a site.
Serge165 4 years ago
I've never met any of those people. Can you cite examples?
Heraldblog 4 years ago
i think youre talking to me heraldblog. examples of people who preach accept autism and deny theres a medical side to it? ive literally heard from no less than 25 since joining youtube.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
When you say medical side, are you talking about palliative measures to make an autistic person feel better?
Heraldblog 4 years ago
A lot of it comes down to definitions. But I do believe that if my son did not have food intolerances that gave him many autistic symptoms that he would NOT have received the diagnosis. Those intolerances gave him the label because they gave him enough symptoms. Thats the medical side, symptoms being caused by medical conditions that can be cured.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Is your belief based on science, or just your own gut instinct?
Heraldblog 4 years ago
more on what ive seen from observation. Jake got a diagnosis of autism due to certain behaviors, we changed his diet and did many of those behaviors went away, therefore his diet was the key element in him getting the diagnosis. this is what i call the medical side of autism. do i really need science?
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Depends on which definition of "science" you are using. The scientific method developed over the last 200 years or due to the recognition that our observations can't always be trusted. Ever seen a magician saw a woman in half and put her back together? Did you trust your observation? Why not? Would a person who doesn't know what you know about severe trauma injuries be right to trust his?
Heraldblog 4 years ago
not to sure what you mean overall. im just saying that i dont need science to tell me that if i call my boss a donkey they will get mad. ive called them that and ive seen their reaction. i didnt need science to tell me what i saw in jake when i changed his diet. i changed his diet and observed. has science ever shown the reasons why some people wake up in a bad mood? do you doubt they do? so like i said, do i really need science?
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
I think you're confusing "gut instinct" with science. Instinct is not always right. Science contradicts instinct all the time. Instinct tells us a brick wall is solid, but particle physics tells us there is more space than matter in a brick wall. Gut instinct told our ancestors that witches cast spells, and disease was caused by mixing hot and cold foods. Do you need science? Do you have to ask?
Heraldblog 4 years ago
if you were with ten people and extremely hungry and came across food and the other nine people ate it...how many would have to fall down sick before you decided not to eat it? or could all nine fall down sick and since you have no science to tell you that the food is bad you would eat it? how about ten sick people stop eating food and you see them feel better. how many would have to feel better before you tried the same with your sick child?
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
We're not talking about hungry people getting sick. That's a hypothetical situation that you've cooked up to describe something very real. My son also has autism, and it would be correct to say the symptoms appeared after some of his vaccinations. If I was going on pure gut instinct, and was clueless about the science, and was angry enough to make up my mind facts be damned, then I would agree that nobody needs science. I'd probably embrace a few logical fallacies, too.
Heraldblog 4 years ago
but you are assuming that science is always correct and it is not. a lot of people actually assume that if something is proven scientifically then it is fact. thats not the case. even if peer reviewed. science is always changing as we understand more about the body. people trust science way too much.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
I'm making no such assumption. Science is self correcting, and that is it's strength. When new evidence is presented, science rethinks its assumptions and adjusts. Can you say the same thing? How open are you to new evidence? How seriously are we suppose to take a person who claims to have no use for science? If you show me real evidence that vaccines cause autism, I will change my mind. So will every serious scientist in the world.
Heraldblog 4 years ago
but i never said that vaccines cause autism. i simply have said and still feel that they should never be taken off the board as a possible cause of dev. delays.
and i do not have any use for science. none. ive never used it to back up my views. ive never talked about any studies or anything that back up my views cause i disregard the scientific community.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
scientist are so unreliable and their conclusions often times are based on personal biased. i should do a video on it. maybe i will then you will better understand why i say i have absolutely no use for science and i agree that Galileo should have been thrown in jail. (aint that a great sound bite!!!)
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
You realize that without science, there would be no internet, right? Ever had surgery? Science. Put gasoline in your car? Science. Saying you have no use for science is saying you ignore personal bias when you make generalizations about the world. Bias is natural human behavior. Science corrects for bias.
Heraldblog 4 years ago
science is based on bias. it claims its not and thats why i say i have no use for it. it is blind to its biased and shortcomings. its haughty. in the end i feel that science hasnt done as much good as it has harm. are we really any better off than the caveman? we are ruining (have ruined) the earth through the 'progress' of science.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Let's see if I have this right: you reject science because it is biased (biased in favor of what? Truth?) so you advocate replacing science with your own personal bias. Is that right?
Phil, I'm starting to think you're pulling my leg, especially after your Galileo remark. You can't be this uninformed.
Heraldblog 4 years ago
biased in favor of the scientist personal feelings. scientist are people and they come with their predispositons. you cant remove the human element of science when humans are the scientist.
i am far more informed than you can imagined. thats why i know science has led mankind down the wrong path.
we destroyed earth and our children with science.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Yes, scientists are humans with human biases. That's why it's important to follow the scientific method which controls for bias. Right?
Bettleheim got away with his refrigerator mom nonsense not because he was a scientist, but because other scientists weren't challenging his biased observations. Bettleheim was a grandstanding fraud who counted on other people's gut instincts for validation. It worked for about 20 years.
Heraldblog 4 years ago
there are thousands of examples of scientist being proven wrong after it was accepted they were right. the scientific method can never rule out human biased. it just cant. so its always open to error. i will trust my observations and testimony over science any day of the week.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Men sometimes speak as though the progress of science must necessarily be a boon to mankind, but that, i fear, is one of the comfortable nineteenth century delusions which our more disillusioned age must disregard--Bertrand Russell
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
I have come to have very profound and deep-rooted doubts whether Science, as practiced at present by the human race, will ever do anything to make the world a better and happier place to live in, or will ever stop contributing to our general misery. --Hendrik Van Loon
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
science is the topography of ignorance. --O.W. Holmes
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
How do you feel about polio and flu epidemics? Can you think of a way they can be prevented via anecdotes and biased observation?
And can you name two or three examples of scientists who were proven wrong after they were proven right?
Heraldblog 4 years ago
what do you think of pesticides and air pollution? pcb's? growth hormones given to cows? mercury? and all the other wonderful things science has created?
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
"I assert that the cosmic religious experience is the strongest and the noblest driving force behind scientific research."
Albert Einstein (whom by the way was autistic according to many claims)
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Einstein was also an atheist.
Heraldblog 4 years ago
Science didn't create mercury. It's a naturally occurring element. Yes, there is pollution and global warming and other bad stuff, but I would argue those problems would be greatly ameliorated by greater application of the scientific method, not less. You indicating, unwittingly I'm sure, a trade off between scientific progress and pollution. I guess the question is if mankind is better off now than 500 years ago, before Galileo first applied quantitative inquiry.
Heraldblog 4 years ago
It's a complex subject.
Well, you can accept autism reguardless of the cause. The main thing is that you accept your child, with or without the autism. Like any child, you love them and do what you can to help them be successful. Many autistic kids need more help than kids without it, but you learn to improvise. You can help your kids AND accept autism.
drmaier 4 years ago
please cure me..
tetrica 4 years ago
Poof! i will bill you via snail mail.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
BTW, you must be soooo proud of Jake. I don't care what "label" you want to put on it, but he looks like a well adjusted boy in the videos now.
Besides, ain't nothing wrong with a good memory and have PASSIONS. It's better than meandering your way through life with no real interests. People excel at what they are passionate about.
666sigma 4 years ago
Great series of videos. There is a reason it is a spectrum. That's because it is not one gene/trait/disability. There are 100 or more genes involve.
The core trait of Asperger's is a nonverbal communication disability. I don't think it is the mild OCD traits you described. It does seem that a lot of left brain attributes are common in Asperger's. The question is why?
666sigma 4 years ago
The only fear I have as an Aspie mom of three autistic kids is that parents are going to subject their children to treatments that are dangerous all in the name of "curing" them. Phil you did a good job here. As a born this way gonna die this way Aspie that went through a lot of stuff to try to "cure" my kid until I understood the it is genetic I am pleased with your approach.
Spydyee 4 years ago
Interesting ideas that I've often thought about regarding genetics with my own son. Thank you.
willceau 4 years ago
And what about children, such as mine, whose parents don't display anything recognisable as autism-like traits? How would we recognise the difference between medical- and genetic-induced autism?
londonbaires 4 years ago
I would suggest a urinary porphorins test that will reveal if your child is metal toxic. while they are at it, they can also run tests for prader willie, rhetts, fraigile X syndrome, celiac disease. All which are linked to genetic autism of one form or another.
signhawk 4 years ago
Once again a very good, plain-speeking video Phil. I think your ideas might help to bridge the gap between the two camps. My question though is, 'If you judge the genetic component as being shown by triats which parents also possess, where do you draw the line for medical interventions? I mean, perhaps the parents' traits are environmentally induced too.
londonbaires 4 years ago
i am going to go into more depth in the next few vids and in answer to your other question let me ask you this (and this is an honest question). are you sure you dont (or your spouse) have ANY traits of autism/aspergers?
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
I've been thinking a lot about this and discussing it with my wife and we both found several of our own behaviours which might be described as autistic. I certainly enjoy my own company more than most people for example. I've not always been happy with this situation.
londonbaires 4 years ago
My m0re sociable bandmembers got the girls because they put in the effort to socialise with them whilst I stayed at home in the solitary persuit of guitar playing. On the other hand they became jelous of my musical skills and songwriting ability. Can't have it both ways I guess.
londonbaires 4 years ago
so there may be a situation where your child may not be outgoing either. (im just using a hypothetical situation). and you would want to be careful for their solitary(ish) personality being a result of genetics and not something that needs to be "cured". it may be their disposition in other words. Theres no amount of biomed that would make you become this super outgoing person. the same applies for your child (this is all hypothetical though)
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Amazing - such a good video. I'm still at a loss as to which bits of me are genetic autism, environmental autism or just me!
ginnyisdacoolest 4 years ago
my personal opinion is this...i dont know if there are genetic thingies going on with ya...but i really dont think there is anything going on enviromental. you are the best example of a person with autism that i would love jake to be...you are the ultimate goal of all of us parents have when we think of our kids...autistic or not, we are all hoping our kids are as wonderful as you!!!!
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
BTW...LOVE, LOVE, LOVE your artwork!! Very cool and inspirational! How long have you been painting for?
mikaba2000 4 years ago
Well said! I've always felt that re my ASD son, there are clear genetic contributions from both parents-that (for example) have worked tremendously for my family of engineers and shouldn't be tampered with, while there were also obvious ways my son was at risk for his own safety by lack of attention etc. and I found important to medically overcome. Also, this is so important to understand as so much contention seems to exist for no reason between communities. Can't we all just get along?
mikaba2000 4 years ago
I totally agree with you! I feel that the two communities can learn from each other in a way that all of our children will benefit from. it just takes some understanding and some clearing up of terminology. and RESPECT!!! thats huge.
thanx for compliment on my paintings! been at it for 7 years...those faces are just kinda like doodles though.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
oh yesss he and i both. i am ocd to the core(working on that!) and hes got aspergers traits (socially a bit goofy but soooooo smart.) the way i see it is when two genetic make ups like us, our little one has the autistic tendancies and we have to keep her on a diet of sorts to keep the traits from coming out. just like a child who is hyper,,,no sugars.
tiffanyb4 4 years ago
a little off topic but a kid in sharons class at school i believe had medical autism and i talked with the parents about his diet and they are so hyped and they are giving the diet a go. im so happy for that little boy. ill keep you guys all updated on if this shows some progress or not!
tiffanyb4 4 years ago
hey tiff! youve always been very aware of your husbands aspergers traits. you offer real insight into the whole issue. thanks for posting!!!
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
Great subject translation. I was very slow to mature socially & emotionally however the deficits worked out ok in the long run. I have a lot more fun than most 40 year olds I know & that turned out to be a good thing when you have a 3 year old on the spectrum to entertain & educate. If you mature slower you end up staying more connected to the vibrant aspects of the young.
mitchellb40 4 years ago
Hey Phil, Hey Jake, Hows the weather?
jon2xu 4 years ago
Good message, agree with medical intervention for medical issues like leaky gut and behavioural probs.
Not to cure your child genetically, no, glad you said that!
So, you're as smart as an aspie, huh?
leoleponge 4 years ago
oh much smarter!!! lol, i have the best of both worlds! ;)
PhilCommander2 4 years ago
they be some creepy crawly oil paintings,the one on the far left with the mustache is the creepiest.
jon2xu 4 years ago
Hey. Very in depth. 5*
lordalfredhenry 4 years ago
Would you say that bouncing one's leg nervously or tapping fingers or sensitivity to fabric is more one or the other? BTW, I know that I personally don't want allergies, an upset or "leaky gut" stomache, toxins, etc etc and that parents should treat that stuff too.
lordalfredhenry 4 years ago
i personally would guess the leg bouncing is genetic. thats a guess though. ive seen fathers and sons (NTs) do that. I had sensitivity to certain fabrics too. drove my mom nuts.
PhilCommander2 4 years ago