Autism is an Epidemic....Can Scuba Therapy Help?

[DiveHeart]

Not sure I understand what statistics you are referencing. are they from the Midwestern University study that is included in the WGN TV Medical Watch news story?

 

[tursiops]

Look at the links in posts #5 and #6.

 

[DiveHeart]

Look at the links in posts #5 and #6.

I'm sorry, i'm confused. where do i find these posts?

 

[tursiops]

Each post is numbered in the lower right corner. If you are reading on a phone, you may need to switch to Landscrape view.
Here are the direct links to those two posts:
Autism is an Epidemic....Can Scuba Therapy Help?
Autism is an Epidemic....Can Scuba Therapy Help?

 

[DiveHeart]

Interesting story; though I have no more desire to be around profoundly "autistic" scuba divers than either claustrophobes or agoraphobes in a crowded, stopped elevator. That kid in the video would pose the least of my concerns.

Since The DSM-III was revised in the eighties, and broadened the diagnostic criteria, to include, basically "bored in school," sure, "autism" has become an "epidemic;" though, there were also studies that suggested that "autistic children 'clustered' where resources for diagnosis and treatment were greater . . . [W]here there's more access to diagnostic services, the autism rate is higher."

"If you build it, they will come."

Scheiß, I could even qualify, based on the current spectrum. I was hyperactive as a kid; bookish, and none too social.

Where do I go for my gub'ment cash and support group?

Majority Of Autism Increase Due To Diagnostic Changes, Finds New Study


A colleague / old classmate was involved in this study:
Increased Prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Great resources, thanks so much for sharing

 

[WeRtheOcean]

Since The DSM-III was revised in the eighties, and broadened the diagnostic criteria, to include, basically "bored in school," sure, "autism" has become an "epidemic;" though, there were also studies that suggested that "autistic children 'clustered' where resources for diagnosis and treatment were greater . . . [W]here there's more access to diagnostic services, the autism rate is higher."

Then there are those of us who have struggled all our lives with "high functioning" autism, and were only diagnosed as adults, and found it a relief to understand, finally, why we just couldn't seem to make a go of life no matter how hard we tried. This, after years of hearing the anti-welfare lobby agitprop saying that anyone who needs any kind of gub'mint money must be just lazy.

 

[DiveHeart]

All I can tell you is that scuba therapy works......at Diveheart – Imagine the Possibilities you will find more about autism and scuba therapy than anywhere else in the world. check out our ten years of adaptive scuba symposiums and the hundreds of news stories and video that support our efforts since 2001.