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Views on autism 'cures'

OthoDPS

Hello all,

This is my first post here but have been looking at the forums on and off for a while now.

My 3 year old son is a completely non verbal and suspected of Autism. Me and my partner, and the majority of professionals involved in his development all agree, but until the Child Development team in our area have a formal diagnosis meeting, he is only considered as needing language and communication support, but thats an entirely different discussion.

The point for this post could potentially be dangeours, but I had to ask. Should a moderator decide this thread needs to be shut down, then I have no issues with that.

My question is twofold. Firstly, do you think there ever will be a cure for Autism?

And my second, slightly more contraversial question is if there was suddenly a cure, would you get your child/partner/yourself to undergo the cure? 

Parents

  • Hi

    I have always felt social pressures myself so I put on this persona and mask of Cary Grant.  Unfortunately I play it so well the mask has altered my original face.

    And sometimes I push myself to be more sociable and reading far too many books about body language and social skills (as well as keeping a social diary in case I have any social experience I have difficulty in understanding).

    One thing I've found that helped me a lot to calm down and reduce my anxiety is meditation.  I have religiously practiced meditation for the past 14 and half years.  Well i say that there have been periods of a month where I didn't meditate but i always came back to it.  That helps keep me calm and I thoroughly recommend it.  Even if its only for 10 minutes a day.  If you do it for long enough it does make a difference.  If you do fancy pursuing that I would read Meditation for Dummies by Stephen Bodian or The Mindful Way Through Depression by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

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  • Hi

    I have always felt social pressures myself so I put on this persona and mask of Cary Grant.  Unfortunately I play it so well the mask has altered my original face.

    And sometimes I push myself to be more sociable and reading far too many books about body language and social skills (as well as keeping a social diary in case I have any social experience I have difficulty in understanding).

    One thing I've found that helped me a lot to calm down and reduce my anxiety is meditation.  I have religiously practiced meditation for the past 14 and half years.  Well i say that there have been periods of a month where I didn't meditate but i always came back to it.  That helps keep me calm and I thoroughly recommend it.  Even if its only for 10 minutes a day.  If you do it for long enough it does make a difference.  If you do fancy pursuing that I would read Meditation for Dummies by Stephen Bodian or The Mindful Way Through Depression by Jon Kabat-Zinn.

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