As an Asperger's adult I take offense to the statement that Asperger's Syndrome is an "illness". We are not ill. I am not sick. I may be wired differently, but I am not sick.
It is convenient to believe that a pill can "fix" this "illness" but it cannot. There are some medications that can help with acute and uncontrollable symptoms, but tread very lightly in doling those out. A person's system is delicate, a child's is more so and an Aperger's child's maybe positively sensitive. Personally ANY medication is too much for me. I have learned to take 1/4 the recommended dosage of any medication if I need it, and only for a ahort time for the specific illness (like an antibiotic. I take no medications daily and NONE whatsoever for anything related to Asperger's).
Acceptance and love and tolerance, nurturing to help the child find his or her niche in life, and helpful workarounds to compensate for weaknesses is a good approach to this wiring difference. Not illness.
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As an Asperger's adult I take offense to the statement that Asperger's Syndrome is an "illness". We are not ill. I am not sick. I may be wired differently, but I am not sick.
It is convenient to believe that a pill can "fix" this "illness" but it cannot. There are some medications that can help with acute and uncontrollable symptoms, but tread very lightly in doling those out. A person's system is delicate, a child's is more so and an Aperger's child's maybe positively sensitive. Personally ANY medication is too much for me. I have learned to take 1/4 the recommended dosage of any medication if I need it, and only for a ahort time for the specific illness (like an antibiotic. I take no medications daily and NONE whatsoever for anything related to Asperger's).
Acceptance and love and tolerance, nurturing to help the child find his or her niche in life, and helpful workarounds to compensate for weaknesses is a good approach to this wiring difference. Not illness.
May 4, 2009 - 2:08amThis Comment
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