tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163899.post7573863766596548286..comments2023-10-22T10:41:47.141-04:00Comments on Samantha Pierce: Here we go againSamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08521007829712936219noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163899.post-27566432065389649892008-11-13T07:43:00.000-05:002008-11-13T07:43:00.000-05:00Thanks for stopping by anonymous. The fact that he...Thanks for stopping by anonymous. The fact that he calls autism a disease suggests that he doesn't know as much as he thinks about autism. There is no excuse for his previous claims about autism and there is no excuse and no evidence for his claims that people are diagnosing themselves as a cover for their perceived failures or the short comings of their children. Context doesn't make him or his comment look any better or any more factual.Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08521007829712936219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6163899.post-5499740660449599122008-11-13T02:18:00.000-05:002008-11-13T02:18:00.000-05:00Here's another quote of his: "I thought I made my ...Here's another quote of his: "I thought I made my feelings about autism very clear: that I not only support the current rational approaches to the diagnoses and treatment of real autism but have witnessed it firsthand while watching very dear old friends raise a functioning autistic child.... The point of the chapter is not that autism doesn't exist -- it obviously does -- and I have nothing but admiration and respect for parents dealing with the issue, including the ones I know. The bulk of the chapter deals with grown men who are either self-diagnosing themselves with low-level offshoots of the disease or wishing they could as a way to explain their failed careers and troublesome progeny."<BR/>People's words are taken out of context so often.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com