Posted by wishingstar on February 26, 2007, at 9:58:01
In reply to Re: Shocking autistic children from doing harm » wishingstar, posted by Daisym on February 25, 2007, at 19:35:14
Very neat daisy! That sounds like a very interesting job.. although I'm sure LOTS of stresses and difficult days.
In my opinion, I think we're going to continue seeing the increase in rates of developmental delays and childhood issues as the industrial (aka toxic) nature of our society continues to progress, at least if it stays on the track its on - more chemicals and stronger chemicals. I dont necessairly believe (or know enough about it to give an educated opinion) that toxins are THE cause for autism as some argue, but I do know that we're harming ourselves in the name of productivity and our bodies have to pay the price somehow. We're not immune to as much as we think we are. That's way off topic from where this thread started, sorry... much of my undergrad and grad work was on chemical sensitivities and environmental medicine and it's something that is really interesting (and frightening) to me. I'm probably really not educated enough on developmental delays or their causes to even relate the two. Please feel free to disagree because you obviously know much more about these issues than I do.
We do have a few children with with mild autism and other issues (mild MR, I know) on our intensive in-home caseload. It's difficult because we're there mostly to deal with behavioral issues and problems within in the family, usually with traditional talk therapy and behavioral interventions as they present themselves. Most of us are not well trained in working with other disabilities and the things they require can be different from a typical child/family. It's a learning experience for clinician and family at the same time. We use a team approach as well, but no disability specialists are involved in our program, except for possibly a special ed teacher if one is already involved. There is so many things that need to be done, and just so few people (and so little time!) to do them.
I feel like I know what I'm trying to say in my head and it isnt translating into words very well. Hope that made more sense than it does on my screen.
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