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....
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:
Aside from reading about autism, what do you really know about it. Have you experienced living with an autistic child? Until you have, IMO you should keep your opinions to yourself.
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:
Aside from reading about autism, what do you really know about it. Have you experienced living with an autistic child? Until you have, IMO you should keep your opinions to yourself.
