Re: The new demographic
Posted by
hpsaucey November 02, 09:11AM
FreyaMikaelson Wrote:
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> hpsaucey Wrote:
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> > And the reference to adhd and autism frankly
> > irrelevant, wrong and insulting. Hopefully
> borne
> > of ignorance...
> > HP
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> No. The mere mention of ADHD & autism is insulting
> to you, HP. Which is quite frankly ignorant. My
> partner works with autistics for a living & the
> connection between the way parents allow their
> children to act & the behaviour of those with ADHD
> & autism is definetly present.
>
> I am merely questioning if there is an increase in
> East Dulwich of children with ADHD &/or autism or
> if bad parenting is causing children to show the
> same behavioural issues as that of people with
> ADHD & autism. I'd like to know the statistics.
>
> rahrahah raises a question that I too am
> interested in.
>
> If you don't understand, just say that. You don't
> have to find yourself instantly offended by words
> you don't like to hear.
No, I understand perfectly, but as a parent of two children with ASD I do find the assumptions insulting. It doesn't match the behaviour of any fellow ASD parental friends at all or children, bearing in mind of course that what you have are individuals with ASD (suspected or perhaps diagnosed, but unlikely at such a young age) it doesn't define either the child or the parent....
Yes parents with ASD and ADHD children do often find themselves parenting in a different way. As Sue says its was the parents who did the standing and changing. But there are many other ways in which this could have been interpreted. You chose to pick ASD/ADHD and a certain type of parenting and I don't agree with your automatic link here. I'd be interested to hear what sorts of parenting you think lead to ASD and ADHD-type 'behaviour' whatever that means here and what your evidence is. I'm assuming you work with ASD children too or have hands-on experience in some way.
HP
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit was november 02, 09:29am by hpsaucey.