Books, Autism & Vaccination
I have just finished this book:
It's a memoir written by the father of an autistic boy. It's really interesting, but I found it incredibly difficult to read. I think it's the author's style of writing that disagrees wth me, which is a shame because the overall book I really enjoyed. I just found that there were large chunks of the text I was skipping through, because the language he used was so unnecessary convoluted and wordy. It was interesting to see him refering to actual psychological evidence and experiments, and he refered to a couple of autobiographies written by high-functioning autistics which sound facinating. Some of the anecdotes are shocking, some funny, and it's nice to see them from the father's point of view.
He also referenced another book that I have previously read:
I loved this book too, although I did feel that the ending was a little predictable. It was interesting to read a book by an author attempting to write from the mindset of an autistic boy.
I remember reading an article about autism aaaaaages ago, about an autism "hotspot" around Silicon Valley. It was something to do with certain genes being associated with autism, which also code for higher than average intelligence. When someone has 2/3 of these genes they have high intelligence, more they have autism. With the high concentration of very intelligent people in Silicon Valley, breeding together and whatnot, the incidence of autism skyrockets. I really like this theory, because it actually makes some kind of sense. Much better than this vaccine bullp that is being spouted around.
I really don't understand how parents DON'T vaccinate their children. It's surely some form of child abuse. I think a lot of the problem is that diseases like Rubella, Measles & Mumps have decreased in occurance so much because the vaccine programme has worked so well that people have forgotten how bad these diseases are. Mumps can make boys STERILE for fuck sake...Measles can give you pneumonia, encephalitis & corneal scarring, Rubella can cause infection of an unborn child and a huge range of birth defects. And parents are risking their child's health for a rare condition that is probably inherited anyway...
Autism facinates me, I must learn more...........
It's a memoir written by the father of an autistic boy. It's really interesting, but I found it incredibly difficult to read. I think it's the author's style of writing that disagrees wth me, which is a shame because the overall book I really enjoyed. I just found that there were large chunks of the text I was skipping through, because the language he used was so unnecessary convoluted and wordy. It was interesting to see him refering to actual psychological evidence and experiments, and he refered to a couple of autobiographies written by high-functioning autistics which sound facinating. Some of the anecdotes are shocking, some funny, and it's nice to see them from the father's point of view.
He also referenced another book that I have previously read:
I loved this book too, although I did feel that the ending was a little predictable. It was interesting to read a book by an author attempting to write from the mindset of an autistic boy.
I remember reading an article about autism aaaaaages ago, about an autism "hotspot" around Silicon Valley. It was something to do with certain genes being associated with autism, which also code for higher than average intelligence. When someone has 2/3 of these genes they have high intelligence, more they have autism. With the high concentration of very intelligent people in Silicon Valley, breeding together and whatnot, the incidence of autism skyrockets. I really like this theory, because it actually makes some kind of sense. Much better than this vaccine bullp that is being spouted around.
I really don't understand how parents DON'T vaccinate their children. It's surely some form of child abuse. I think a lot of the problem is that diseases like Rubella, Measles & Mumps have decreased in occurance so much because the vaccine programme has worked so well that people have forgotten how bad these diseases are. Mumps can make boys STERILE for fuck sake...Measles can give you pneumonia, encephalitis & corneal scarring, Rubella can cause infection of an unborn child and a huge range of birth defects. And parents are risking their child's health for a rare condition that is probably inherited anyway...
Autism facinates me, I must learn more...........