Comments on: Autistic Children: When Rankism Kills

by: Robert P

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:58:57 +0000

I saw your comment over at DailyKos on Dissent’s latest diary. There always seems to be a treatment that is justified by a new diagnosis. Great stuff you have here.

by: elisa

Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:23:05 +0000

Hi, Bronwyn - thanks for your kind comment. I’d like to do a series on this, so I’m trying to do some research now. One of the scariest things I’ve found is the notion of “Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)”, which seems mainly to serve to justify the restraint and psychological abuse of children. This generates fees for the medical community that diagnoses it, but it undermines the production of citizens to carry our culture into future times. I found a wonderful parody of Oppositional Defiant Disorder as Compliance Acquiescent Disorder (CAD) here: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/archive/17_04/defi174.shtml

by: Bronwyn G

Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:49:01 +0000

Thank you for writing this great story about people with Autism Spectrum Disorders. How you put it about compliance I think describes the situation very well. I fear what you cover here is only the tip of the iceberg, and I hope there are more stories coming out.