Asperger's/PDD

KamaAina

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1. Oh brother.

Fri Dec 16, 2011, 03:17 PM

Dec 2011

That could just as easily have read, "Delving into the file, the researchers learned that as a 4-year-old, KamaAina had seen Dr. Leo Kanner, the psychiatrist who discovered autism. In his notes from 1968, Kanner described KamaAina as “a child who is self centered, withdrawn, and unable to relate to other people,” and recommended that he be committed."

If my twentysomething mom had listened to the learned Dr. Kanner, well, let's just say it's tough to find a WiFi spot in an institution like Norristown State Hospital.

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Autism hidden in plain sight [View all] n2doc Dec 2011 OP

Oh brother. KamaAina Dec 2011 #1

Institutions suck. It bothers me a great deal to see a resurgence in support for them. n/t lumberjack_jeff Dec 2011 #2

After we figured out that our oldest SheilaT Dec 2011 #3

Asperger's is not a "disorder" guthenson Jan 2012 #4

I had no idea that Aspies had a propensity for libertarian douchery. devilgrrl Dec 2012 #5

Sadly, Libertarian BS is common on Aspie message boards. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #6

I'm a recent member of wrongplanet and noticed that. devilgrrl Dec 2012 #8

I thought that was hilarious. SheilaT Dec 2012 #9

If I tell my son something absurd, he looks at me like a diamond merchant examining wares. lumberjack_jeff Dec 2012 #10

Yes! They have what we "normals" SheilaT Dec 2012 #11

My mom lives next door and we will go a couple weeks without speaking sometimes nolabels Dec 2012 #13

That is something we have been fortunate with my elder son who has PDD. He GreenPartyVoter Dec 2012 #12

My mom's dad was probably one of them. Odin2005 Dec 2012 #7