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....
Wow,gone a couple of days and things get even weirder.
First I am a Board Certified Psychiatrist with 31 years of clinical experience.I have been an "expert witness."This young man obviously has exceptional disabilities and exceptional talents when in the water.
Sure I have seen people referred to me where the Primary care Doc thought the problem was primarily Psychiatric when it wasn't.Sure I have seen people with bad side effects from medications,anything strong enough to be helpful is strong enough to be harmful.
Blanket indictments of any group are just stupid.
There is a lot of serious debate as to any correlation between vaccinations and a perceived increase in the number of autism diagnoses.
I think such a debate would be akin to arguing that the world is flat.
