Confessions of a Litigious Mind

The random, irrelevant musings of a law school graduate.

Sunday, September 23, 2007

i am sofa king we todd it

say it three times. got it? good.

you might not be, but according to some commercial i saw the other day 1 in 150 kids will be diagnosed with some form of autism. that is retarded.

the problem largely stems from the fact that a new form of autism emerges almost weekly, many of them being complete bullshit (see aspergers, aka my kid can't make friends). i understand that science is constantly making new discoveries, but pretty soon we will be able to scientifically justify every personality quirk that exists.

yes, some forms of autism are real. but some are complete fabrications to justify random eccentricities of weird kids. pretty soon, every "normal" kid is going to be exactly the same because any kid that doesn't have lots of friends or any other attributes that the present society deems desirable is going to be autistic. i don't know about you, but to me this sounds a lot like behavioral aryanism without the genocide. hitler would be proud.

"coffee, hitler? i'll be sure to put lots of cream in that for you."

posted by josh @ 9/23/2007 12:01:00 PM

6 Comments:

At 9/23/2007 8:48 PM, Blogger Michelle Morgan-Coole said...

Although I wouldn't wish autism on anyone, I hope you have some experience with what you're talking about. Because unless you actually have a kid that falls somewhere on the spectrum, I would suggest that it can sometimes be a little too easy to spout off when you don't really know of what you speak.

That being said, I suppose reasonable people can disagree. But your words are mighty strong for someone who hasn't walked in another child's or parent's shoes.

 
At 9/23/2007 9:38 PM, Blogger d$ said...

yeah, i saw that coming from a mile away.

 
At 9/23/2007 9:48 PM, Blogger josh said...

yeah, who would've thought comparing autism to hitler would evoke such a response?

i understand that compassion is important, and i wouldn't wish autism on anyone either, but i really believe that there's an overdiagnosis of autism (as well as other "disorders" (see ADD/ADHD)) in the united states. we have become a nation of hypochondriacs, and we find a justification for anyone who doesn't fit a preconceived mold of what that person should be. i'm not saying that autism itself is made up or anything. certainly it exists. but it is overdiagnosed.

 
At 9/23/2007 11:51 PM, Blogger Holmes said...

yeah, mmc missed the point entirely. "How dare you speak poorly of autistic people!" Um, that's not what he wrote? Maybe there's like reading autism where you can't understand what people are saying. Oh wait, that's just being dumb and quick on the righteous indignation.

 
At 9/26/2007 8:03 AM, Blogger Damon said...

dicta, you didn't compare autism to Hitler.

The similar topic that really annoys me with people looking for some scientific explanation to is obesity. When the real explosion of its occurrence was in the past 20 or so years, why are they looking for a gene that causes it? Did we suddenly have a US-wide mutation back then?

Anywho, more on topic, I have at best second hand experience with autism and it sounds awful. I was not aware of new types of autism with seemingly little in the way of symptoms.

 
At 9/26/2007 10:19 PM, Blogger d$ said...

i hear autism is the new black.

 

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