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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When it comes to accepting any physician's diagnosis (especially one involving the claim of mental illnesses such as autism in children), people need to understand the facts and not rely on just what they read in the tabloid media. :doh:
Unfortunately, the U.S. adult population is not scientifically literate and they are predisposed to swallow very piece of junk science hook, line, and sinker.
As an example, here’s a little True or False quiz about the simple issues about energy and the environment:
The U.S. should not build any more nuclear power plants because there’s no way to dispose of the radioactive waste.
Plug-in electric cars will eliminate the need for petroleum based fuels.
The U.S. can eliminate its dependence on fossil fuels by running cars and trucks on ethanol.
Carbon dioxide is the largest contributor to greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere.
Electro magnetic fields from power lines can cause childhood leukemia.
(Try to answer these questions without looking up the answers on the internet.)
Although not explicitly related to medical/health issues, your score on this simple quiz may indicate your level of vulnerability to being the victim of an incompetent doctor's opinion.
Dolphin 2
When it comes to accepting any physician's diagnosis (especially one involving the claim of mental illnesses such as autism in children), people need to understand the facts and not rely on just what they read in the tabloid media. :doh:
Unfortunately, the U.S. adult population is not scientifically literate and they are predisposed to swallow very piece of junk science hook, line, and sinker.
As an example, here’s a little True or False quiz about the simple issues about energy and the environment:
The U.S. should not build any more nuclear power plants because there’s no way to dispose of the radioactive waste.
Plug-in electric cars will eliminate the need for petroleum based fuels.
The U.S. can eliminate its dependence on fossil fuels by running cars and trucks on ethanol.
Carbon dioxide is the largest contributor to greenhouse gases in the earth’s atmosphere.
Electro magnetic fields from power lines can cause childhood leukemia.
(Try to answer these questions without looking up the answers on the internet.)
Although not explicitly related to medical/health issues, your score on this simple quiz may indicate your level of vulnerability to being the victim of an incompetent doctor's opinion.
Dolphin 2
