A School For Autistic Kids (CBSNews)

[suzy53ify]

i wish my daughter would have had these opportunities for hi tech measures to enhance her young life, she loved working upon the computers but unfortunately the school she attended didn't have enough for all. i also think she'd have benefited from having a helping dog, i think the dog could have helped her to become more outgoing.

[NemoTVChampion]

Wow.. I wish my parents would've sent me to this school, instead of the public school that had no idea how to help me ><

[Project2Heal]

You should check out the video, "Puppies Trained to Help Children with Special Needs" on the Project2Heal channel. This organization breeds, trains and donates lab puppies to help children with autism. What a great cause!

[MultiSnooty]

helping people with autism is a waste of money

[engage83]

@MultiSnooty lmao you're an idiot man... do some research before you condemn people whom you dont understand. Beethoven and Einstein were both aspergers which is a form of higher functioning autism. Temple Grandin is another modern example for extremely intelligent and useful people with autism. There are many things you take for granted every day that you have autistic people to thank for. lol, tesla? electricity? autistic = cognitive, thinking minds. Normal = social minds. now slap yourself.

[MultiSnooty]

@engage83 not all autistic kids will be like Beethoven and Temple Grandin. Most will be a pathetic waste of money who shouldn't be alive. NO THREAT INTENDED

[birds16ful]

My 5 friends & Autistic.

14 yrs old Andrew Hoffman, 13 yrs old Benjamin Schlecht, 12 yrs old Madison Yetter, 10 yrs old Daniel Jablonski & 9 yrs old Parker Booton

[USERNAMEKLEMPTOR]

dude im lucky i dont need to go to this school i have autism but nothing like anything like that i barely have anything at all

[evir2]

In "third country", Autism school very expensive, at 2,5 yrs my boy still cant speak and diagnose as mild autism, I hire a therapist for 1 year only,coz after that my husband lost job & we cant afford it, then together we "handle" our son,thanks God ,behind the "problems" there is a "bless".in 1 year, my son can speak almost as well as other & Loves computer(Edu-CD is his fave). the key is "always accompany and support".

[irishamrep]

God bless you and your boy.

[ischlopischlo]

The fact that so much money gets spent at funding "prevention" research is really horrible, prevention means developing a prenatal test that would lead to routine abortion of children too autistic for our society's eugenic taste.

Any funds that now goes to prevention research needs to be redirected on helping autistic people develop and find a place in society.

And it needs to be acknowledged more that autistic people have alot to contribute to society.

[DChatc]

@ischlopischlo: I doubt the spectrum theory so my take is complicated (I believe AS and Autism to be only analogous and adhere to a stricter definition for "autism"). Prevention research is necessary for figuring out what causes low - functioning symptoms, but the genetics studies are disturbing as long as AS - which IS genetic - is included in a spectrum.

BTW: I wouldn't call it eugenic. If what we have been speculating about ourselves is true, than it should be described as DISGENIC tastes.

[Jamanuva]

I'm going to state this. Autism does not cause retardation. I know because I am autistic and I am ahead of a decent number of neurotypicals in my classes. This is the same for many of my friends.

And the ratio of what i have seen for lower functioning autistic students compared to high functioning is 1/5. This means that a majority of autistics i have met are higher functioning.

So stop calling autism a disease which cause retardation. Because it is not.

[rnbsteenstar]

@Jamanuva You tell 'em. I'm also autistic like you, asperger's to be exact. I'm also ahead of many of my neurotypical friends as well in some stuff.

[black0jackass]

so is autism not the same as retardation?

i thought all retards are autistic and autistic people are retards too. no?

[MasterRater27]

no its not too

[pokemonguitar123]

shows what you know. oh how the poorly educated have such simple minds

[MyStaticAge]

Find a cure for autistic retardation.

[MasterRater27]

its not retardation

[ClubPenguinLovr101]

yes it is retardation caz they are totally RETARTED if you ask me

[MasterRater27]

you sir are sadly misinformed and should educate your self on such maters before makeing a statement on a subject you obviously know nothing about

[Soccaluvr]

You must be the one who is retarded, because what you wrote is stupid and completely nonfactual, and you spelled retarded wrong; "retarted" is not a word!

[pokemonguitar123]

mhmm. excuse me but im autistic and that means your calling me a retard.

oh look im typing comments to you and i know what keys to press "not retarded" and depending on the autism you high function , mild , or low function

[pokemonguitar123]

oh hello there.

im autistic and im 14 and im getting high results in my exams so what that about retardation???????? ..... ...... ...... exactly thats what i thought.

theres different types of autism. low fuctioning and high. high functioning can get on with some things while this boy here in the video is clearly low functioning and he cant help that.

[pokemonguitar123]

look up autism. im autistic and i aint retarded.