From the New York Times:
www.nytimes.com/.../18swimmer.html
A Disabled Swimmer’s Dream, a Mother’s Fight
By ALAN SCHWARZ
Published: June 18, 2008
SAN DIEGO — As Kendall Bailey swims, his praying-mantis limbs flapping him forward, something about the water disguises his many maladies: cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism and more. Only in a swimming pool do they dissolve and allow his troubled body and mind to be all but normal. He is happy, safe and possibly the fastest disabled breaststroker in the world....
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From the New York Times:
www.nytimes.com/.../18swimmer.html
The article in the link seems to be another disturbing example of how the psychiatric profession may be getting out of hand.
It says the child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism, and more. This is a pretty big truck load of c_ _ _ to shovel and I would like to know how many second, third, fourth, or fifth opinions the mother of this child has obtained on her son’s condition. :doh:
As being part of a military oriented family, I am quite interested with helping disabled veterans of the war in Iraq and Vietnam get accurate and qualified diagnosis of their conditions. I can tell you that the U.S. government is playing the “Mental Illness” card right and left instead of spending time to render anything resembling a legitimate diagnosis. :shakeshead:
Way too often, the medical profession considers anyone with an abnormal physical condition to be afflicted with some kind of mental illness and they always have some kind of psychiatric label (______ Disorder) to slap on their quacky diagnosis. :shakeshead:
If your child or another member of your family (especially a former member of the military) is showing indications of an obscure physical disability, be careful as a goat chewing on a thorny bush when it comes to accepting anything the medical profession says –especially if their “diagnosis” is that the person is experiencing a form of mental illness and recommending psychiatric treatment. :shakeshead:
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From the New York Times:
www.nytimes.com/.../18swimmer.html
The article in the link seems to be another disturbing example of how the psychiatric profession may be getting out of hand.
It says the child has been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism, and more. This is a pretty big truck load of c_ _ _ to shovel and I would like to know how many second, third, fourth, or fifth opinions the mother of this child has obtained on her son’s condition. :doh:
As being part of a military oriented family, I am quite interested with helping disabled veterans of the war in Iraq and Vietnam get accurate and qualified diagnosis of their conditions. I can tell you that the U.S. government is playing the “Mental Illness” card right and left instead of spending time to render anything resembling a legitimate diagnosis. :shakeshead:
Way too often, the medical profession considers anyone with an abnormal physical condition to be afflicted with some kind of mental illness and they always have some kind of psychiatric label (______ Disorder) to slap on their quacky diagnosis. :shakeshead:
If your child or another member of your family (especially a former member of the military) is showing indications of an obscure physical disability, be careful as a goat chewing on a thorny bush when it comes to accepting anything the medical profession says –especially if their “diagnosis” is that the person is experiencing a form of mental illness and recommending psychiatric treatment. :shakeshead:
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