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In which I ramble on
Feb. 18th, 2005 06:51 pmSo the Autism thing is going to be on
Saturday, Feb. 18 at 7:00 pm on NBC
or the local equivelent there after. It's called
Sounds awfully mysterious, doesn't it?
What I'm wondering about is the title, they call Autism an Epidemic, which I think is plain wrong. An epidemic sounds like it's catchable and spreading throught out the known populace like a disease. But Autism isn't like that. You can't Catch Autism, like you can catch, HIV. It's more like down syndrome in that effect.
The reason why people say that it is an epidemic is because more cases have been reported in the recent years. I think it's because they've gotten better tools to diagnose Autism. An analogy for this would be when they discovered the single cell organism in the microscope. We didn't suddenly have a rash of single cell organisms popping up, we just had the tools to see them better.
Am I off my mark in my thinking? Or what? Any thoughts on this?
Moving on, Kips has some ( thoughts about Lost )
My meds put me to sleep almost all day today. That was intersting. I'm glad I didn't have to drive because then I'd probably have gotten into a car accident. After last night, that's the last thing we need.
or the local equivelent there after. It's called
Autism: The Hidden Epidemic
Sounds awfully mysterious, doesn't it?
What I'm wondering about is the title, they call Autism an Epidemic, which I think is plain wrong. An epidemic sounds like it's catchable and spreading throught out the known populace like a disease. But Autism isn't like that. You can't Catch Autism, like you can catch, HIV. It's more like down syndrome in that effect.
The reason why people say that it is an epidemic is because more cases have been reported in the recent years. I think it's because they've gotten better tools to diagnose Autism. An analogy for this would be when they discovered the single cell organism in the microscope. We didn't suddenly have a rash of single cell organisms popping up, we just had the tools to see them better.
Am I off my mark in my thinking? Or what? Any thoughts on this?
Moving on, Kips has some ( thoughts about Lost )
My meds put me to sleep almost all day today. That was intersting. I'm glad I didn't have to drive because then I'd probably have gotten into a car accident. After last night, that's the last thing we need.
