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Syra · Feb 23, 2013, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Chopin99

I've heard this also, by one psychiatrist, in regard to one of my clients. He was convinced with a low dose of an anti-psychotic and positive experience, this client would break free from her autism.

Do you believe this might be true for someone developmentally disabled? Do you think there is hope for all people to heal?

Autism isn't some trauma we experienced. I think it has something to do with the wiring in our brain (totally overgeneralization). I don't think it is something you "catch" or a response to something that "happened." I also wonder if "breaking free" of autism is a good thing. Temple Grandin says she wouldn't change who she is. I've heard that from other Asperger types.

Asperger's generally bring incredible gifts to society/gene pool, along with their difficulties. Do we want to help Edison, Einstein, Gates, Temple Grandin "break free" of their Asperger's? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...trum_disorders

There are more severe forms of Autism - but in the severe form (actually, I think Asperger's and Kanner's autism are two different things that look like they are on a spectrum) how in the world do you do talk therapy with someone with little to no language. I'm not even sure how to do embodiment, or art therapy, or other non-verbal forms of therapy. Maybe. I also imagine it has been tried and if someone had figured out how to do it it would be published.

I don't know if everyone can be helped. I don't know if everyone can be healed. I think many people with disabilities, even mental disabilities, can be helped. I think some people without recognized disabilities aren't helped, and don't know if that's because they can't be helped, or no one has yet been successful, and I don't know if the "breakthrough" is minutes or hours or decades away. I don't know how to identify which ones might not be able to be helped, so I'd probably be willing to try with everyone.

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