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I am totally and utterly shocked by the overload o...

2007-01-24T02:59:00.000-08:00

I am totally and utterly shocked by the overload of information.I honestly had NO IDEA that there are people who speak of autism in such a way as David Kirby has.I am a 25 year old mother of a 4 year old boy whom was diagnosed with Austism 2 years ago.At 2,he did not speak,just babbled,was no where near potty trained,HAD DIARREAHA-cause he was allergic to Enfamil!! (thank you very much!!)anti-social,resulting in termination from 3 daycares because of untrained and uneducated providers.So i quit jobs and drop college courses frequently.I pulled my hair out in frustration over what to do,i would overt grocery stores, church, playgrounds,birthday parties...etc,just to releave us of the constant comments,stares and laughter my child and i were subjected to from strangers.I fought back,got him speech therapy,home schooling with professional instructors,OT,behavioral services,and parent training all for FREE,now he has over 1000 words in his vocabulary,can count to 100,recongnized all 26 letters at 3,can recongnize 7+ geometrical shapes,loves classical music and is 90% potty trained.The repetitive way that would annoy and confuse people, was simply his way of studying new information,that he processes,memorizes and hungers for more.He went from home schooling to pre-preschool,to preschool now by the end of this year, kindingarten readiness,he just made 4 years 1 week ago!!Oh did i mention HE CAN READ! Bottomline,i really just came looking for an Austism awareness symbol to put up on my "Yahoo" profile to educate others, and i stumbled across this and other articles.I could do nothing but allow the liquid to swell in my eyes,then flow uncontrollablly down my cheeks. I fear for my son's association with the world as he gets older,i want to be there every step of the way to accept the abuse for him.
So then,until i read on and realized that: i'm not the only one hurt and armed to fight! Thank you to the speakers,parents and concerned citizens.
We will continue our journey.

To the "anonymous" cowards with the devilish comments:instead of hiding, just lie down so we can WALK OVER YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just read this on Kirby the Brain-dead's blog as p...

2007-01-14T10:37:00.000-08:00

Just read this on Kirby the Brain-dead's blog as part of my catching up on things here (and yes, I had to correct his punctuation for him... some writer, eh?!):

"From their eloquent and well reasoned point of view, autism has no 'cause', and it certainly requires no 'cure'. To suggest otherwise is to brand these adults with the stigma of disease and disability, which is patently absurd given their educational and intellectual achievements."

He says he's calling a truce and then comes out with shite like that?! Evidently he has no clue about the meaning of the word 'truce', and he is doing anything but calling one: he's yet again trying to piss us all off.

The bit that shows his inability to accept the truth of the matter is this: "From their eloquent and well reasoned point of view, autism has no 'cause', and it certainly requires no 'cure'."

Er, Kirby, hello?! our autism, like your evident stupidity, does indeed have causes. Sadly for you, it isn't mercury causing our autism; but it does seem to have contributed greatly to your stupidity. Everything has causes, and those causes can be very complicated. But mercury doesn't cause us to be autistic. Mercury, in a high enough dose, can and most likely will cause mercury poisoning... which is totally different from being autistic. I'm surprised that someone who uses the English language for a living hasn't yet figured out that one yet!

David Kirby, you're a joke.

And not a particularly funny one, either.

David Kirby most certainly has had an attack of di...

2007-01-07T13:40:00.000-08:00

David Kirby most certainly has had an attack of diarreah. Of diarreah of the mouth!

So what does it mean if you 'spin like a firework'...

2007-01-05T01:17:00.000-08:00

So what does it mean if you 'spin like a firework' and DONT GET DIZZY? and therefore DONT fall down, because you AREN'T DIZZY? Head cracking therefore doesnt happen?

I mean, really. How long does one have to supposedly be exploring the autism literature (oh god. I just bust a gut laughing at the idea of him actually doing RESEARCH) to know that a lot of stimming is self OT?

*doesnt get dizzy unless very very very sick. then needs it pointed out that she's dizzy. It's that unfamiliar*

What I really fail to see is how all the diarrhea ...

2007-01-04T09:34:00.000-08:00

What I really fail to see is how all the diarrhea supports the ideas that:

* Thimerosal (or whatever the toxin du jour is) causes the condition.

* All the quack treatments might be helping and not harming these kids.

I get it. It's all about convincing all of the so...

2007-01-04T09:20:00.000-08:00

I get it. It's all about convincing all of the social climbing, upwardly mobile losers you run with that your kid isn't weird or different - he or she is really poisoned. So many of these parents are so worried about "what kind of life" their kid is going to lead that they don't stop to think about what kind of person their kid is going to be.

And now there's this:http://www.huffingtonpost.com...

2007-01-04T06:40:00.000-08:00

And now there's this:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kim-stagliano/the-crappy-life-of-the-au_b_37742.html

I really just don't understand the point of exaggerating the negatives, why would you want to live your life like that? Why would you want to portray your children like that?

David Kirby has graduated from the Robert F. Kenne...

2007-01-04T05:32:00.000-08:00

David Kirby has graduated from the Robert F. Kennedy School Of Invoking Disgusting Gastroinstestinal Images In Pathetic Anti-Vaccine Commentaries. With honors, apparently.

I'm not so sure Kirby's even writing these pieces anymore. Maybe one of his buddies from SafeMinds or Generation Rescue got his username and password.

"In a river of diarrhea David Kirby will always fl...

2007-01-04T03:03:00.000-08:00

"In a river of diarrhea David Kirby will always float to the top."

bummer.

In a river of diarrhea David Kirby will always flo...

2007-01-03T18:37:00.000-08:00

In a river of diarrhea David Kirby will always float to the top.

4 years ago we dealt with poop-art and tantrums th...

2007-01-03T17:37:00.000-08:00

4 years ago we dealt with poop-art and tantrums that resulted in doorframes getting kicked out (how does a 50 pound kid do that?). Slowly a lot of it went away. We could focus on the occasional headbang or the stuttering or the avoidance of eye contact or the lining up of cars and trains, but we don't. Instead, we focus on an instance of him dealing well with a child grabbing a toy of his or the resulting smile when he strains to see his mother in the observation deck window while he and I do a swimming lesson.

The glass is half full, man.

Talk about appeals to fear and pity, Do'C. You mus...

2007-01-03T15:44:00.000-08:00

Talk about appeals to fear and pity, Do'C. You must be a psychic :)

You have it all wrong. Mr Kirby was just trying t...

2007-01-03T15:37:00.000-08:00

You have it all wrong. Mr Kirby was just trying to placate you. He doesn't fully understand that you knuckleheads will never learn that your kids need help and you're all too stupid to give it to them.
I pity your poor children.

Gasp, the utter inconvenience of a fecal-soiled "f...

2007-01-03T14:26:00.000-08:00

Gasp, the utter inconvenience of a fecal-soiled "favorite carpet".

Actually, perhaps Kirby has accurately represented his followers quite well - big on drama, straw man arguments, appeals to fear and pity and ZERO science.

It would appear that Kirby has nowhere else to turn - there certainly isn't any science on his side. He can argue with straw man positions like "it's just better diagnosis" till the cows come home; it won't undo the diagnostic criteria changes or diagnostic substitution that has occurred.

I guess there are a few other "symptoms" I could a...

2007-01-03T14:25:00.000-08:00

I guess there are a few other "symptoms" I could add to Kirby's list---one might say that this current posting of his is suffering from a mild bout of logorrheat.