Autism

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catfishbluezz

There is immense beauty in autism toombes. In my graduate studies, PTSD and autism are the two areas that intrigue me the most. I took an autistic musician under my wing, and now he is an official Buck-a-roo. I have studied it in depth and it amazes me how much creativity they exhibit. Without getting to in depth, it would be a dream to help make a difference in the study as their brain activity in some situations is out of this world. This is awesome, and I commend you patientce as I know it is needed. I just applied for an understudy gig with autistic children and pray I get it.

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bbass2

There was a show on Discovery Channel a while back called Ingenious Minds that where each episode focused on one person with Aspberger's. From someone who has little to no dealings with Aspberger's it was really interesting seeing how most people were deficient in some areas, mostly social, but absolutely incredible seeing how much better they were than their peers at the one skill they focused on.

GreenMachine

What a cute kid. His creation in LEGO's is most excellent. You must be a proud papa!!!!!

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Rhamlin

That's awesome brother! I like to think of kids and adults as gods chosen ones. There's no BS with them. Loyal, trusting and honest almost to a fault. And the people I've met thru church have to most beautiful relationship with God I've ever encountered.

MVW67

Daniel, have also been around it for a while, my niece is autistic and have a good friend where in the absolute rarest instance, she has 3 boys and all are Autistic, one of the few known cases where there is that many in one family! And another friend that also has a son who is. I have sponsered a team in Golf every year for the "Friends of Autism" of Wisconsin. US Bank is the main sponser and even though they quit sponsoring the Pro Tour, they still continue to sponsor this program which is awsome! Treatments and Causes are always changing so I also work with a group to sponser changes in coverage to aid in the new treatments!!! Very amazing!! Mike

beatnic

I see an engineer in the making

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catfishbluezz

The amount of brain activity and savant behaviors that occur in autistic children is waht is intriuging to me. Their brain activity in some cases is far and away beyond that of a normal human being, yet their social skills and psychosocial behavior is much different. I think there is a lot to be learned from the autistic mind in that regard.

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No offense taken, brother. I'm not a huge fan of pharmacological "cures" either. I don't think there will ever be a cure for autism, but we can always hope. As you said, retraining the human brain to fire correctly is the only thing we can truly hope for. Gabe was prescribed Tenex, which is actually used to treat hypertension, to slow him down and help him cope with the sensory overload he experiences. Fortunately, it works for him. I have friends who are suffering from the horrors of PTSD and the treatment options they've been given ridiculous.

catfishbluezz

Toombes:

No offense taken, brother. I'm not a huge fan of pharmacological "cures" either. I don't think there will ever be a cure for autism, but we can always hope. As you said, retraining the human brain to fire correctly is the only thing we can truly hope for. Gabe was prescribed Tenex, which is actually used to treat hypertension, to slow him down and help him cope with the sensory overload he experiences. Fortunately, it works for him. I have friends who are suffering from the horrors of PTSD and the treatment options they've been given ridiculous.

Given your profession, you probably see it more than others. Tell them to look into EMDR therapy...it's amazing and the future of PTSD. If they any issues with anxiety, tell them to check out David Burn's books and get with a psychologist that works in the cog/behavioral format that Burns suggests. We can do this via PM if you like, I have written several papers on EMDR and done extensive research on the matter.

Toombes

PM's would be a lot easier... Thanks, brother!

xmacro

If he likes lego's, you may wanna google a game called "Minecraft" - its a sandbox game where the player is dropped into a world and has to build their home and whatnot; totally open ended with no real ending.

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Catfish, PM to you.

boydmcgowan

PM Toombes . . . .

Roberto99

bbass2

90+ Irishman

Dan that is so so neat big bro, and thank you for sharing that with us! Gabe sounds like a wonderful kid and a truly brilliant mind, there are always going to be challenges but I'm so glad that you were blessed with him and all of these possibilities now! Seriously, send it in to LEGO and give a little backstory, you'd be surprised what type of response you might get Congrats man!

RBeckom

We all have A purpose. Perhaps Gabriel is destined for A higher calling than the rest of us. No doubt he has A gift in his creativity. Enjoy the small things and trust in God's plan.