Odin2005
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Tue Dec-22-09 12:46 AM
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Jenny McCarthy's Son was Never Autistic? |
Warpy
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Tue Dec-22-09 03:58 PM
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1. If it started with seizures the way she says it did, then it's a possibility |
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It's often misdiagnosed since a lot of the seizures only appear on an EEG and many of those only when the child is asleep.
She needs to stop trying to practice medicine without a license and get that kid to a competent neurologist.
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Tue Dec-22-09 05:19 PM
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2. Yes, I believe there was some doubt from the beginning... |
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since, as that article notes, her son had *seizures*. That is not typically a symptom of autism.
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Tue Dec-22-09 07:35 PM
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3. It is actually quite common for autistic individuals to develop seizures in adolescence... |
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but as I understand it, it is rare for autism to *start* with seizures.
The whole description of the case does sound quite compatible with papers that I've read on Landau-Kleffner, though of course there are always big dangers in diagnosing on the Internet - and even more so when diagnosing on the basis of a 'media' story from an unreliable source. Jenny McCarthy's son really needs a doctor's opinion -which he may not get.
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Wed Dec-23-09 05:21 PM
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4. He needs a *good* doctor's opinion. |
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Thu Dec-24-09 04:47 PM
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6. So, when does her tireless exploitation of the boy qualify as abuse? |
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If she keeps trotting him out before the spotlight at this rate, she'll qualify to run as the GOP's VP candidate in 2008.
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