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This is the classic "blame the parents" explanation (see refrigerator mothers: http://www.autism-watch.org/causes/rm.shtml http://www.autism-watch.org/causes/rm
by lawtguy 13y ago
This is the classic "blame the parents" explanation (see refrigerator mothers: http://www.autism-watch.org/causes/rm.shtml http://www.autism-watch.org/causes/rm.shtml). It frequently gets the causality backwards: the kids don't act that way because of their parents, rather the parents act that way because of the kids.
The vast majority of parents don't want a diagnosis so they can blame it on the disease and ignore their responsibility. They want a diagnosis because they desperate for something, anything to help their child.
- insuffi 13y agoIf it's so classic, care to explain why the autism rate has risen so much(long term)? If a disease that gets diagnosed based on a spectrum of behavioral cues is on the rise, could you maybe consider that people are just quicker to blame autism?(and cover a larger, milder range of behaviors)