2007-03-25 18:02:20 · 4 answers · asked by funiris4u 1 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Almost 2 months ago, Rosie O'Donnell had an AMAZING show on autism. She interviewed several families with autistic children, and all had different stories. One little boy from San Francisco overcame autism through a program called "early intervention." His parents noted that it was essential for autistic children to get started extremely early with the behavioral training. I don't know how you can get a copy of the show, but if this is an important topic to you, you absolutely must try.
2007-03-25 18:13:46 · answer #1 · answered by - 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Temple Grandin, who is a professor at Colorado State University, has written and spoken extensively about her experiences as a person with autism. She is the topic of the story by the same name in the book "An Anthropologist on Mars". She understands that she cannot "overcome" autism, as such, but that she can, and has, learned certain behavioral and coping strategies to allow her to function optimally in "normal" society. Her book, Unwritten Rules of Social Relationships: Decoding Social Mysteries Through the Unique Perspectives of Autism has won awards for the insights that it offers into overcoming the barriers to interpersonal relationships that people with autism and autism-spectrum disorders (such as Pervasive Developmental Disorder, Asperger's Syndrome) confront. Her interview on Rosie O'Donnell's show is available on Dr. Grandin's website: www.templegrandin.com , and it is well-worth watching, and the other information that Dr. Grandin gives about the feelings and behaviors of people with autism is very relevant. I have read about and seen Dr. Grandin at various occasions for the past 20 years, and I am always amazed at the strategies that she has had to use to overcome her disorder.
Bill Gates of Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation fame has also acknowledged that he has PDD, a disorder that is kind of like "autism light", in that it is somewhat less severe than full-on autism. Might say that he is someone whose personal story is uplifting as well.
As a psychologist and as the mom to a 10-year-old son with bipolar disorder and PDD, I continue to be impressed by these two outstanding examples of people who have been able to learn to deal with the symptoms of their disorders and to get on with their lives in highly successful and personally fulfilling ways.
2007-03-25 18:29:30 · answer #2 · answered by Megumi D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there is no cure for autism
2007-03-25 18:09:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yep its called accepting who you are as human being.
2007-03-25 18:14:01 · answer #4 · answered by rusalka 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋