Janna,

Thank you for expressing your personal opinion, which I presume is
largely based on your own experience and is in reply to the very
limited information provided on this autismlist group about the
thread on the autismfc group.

But did you read autisfc messages 1733 to 1737 first, including the
personal opinion of Temple Grandin?

Again you and others are invited to go to the autismfc group to
continue this public open discussion. There I plan that I will
provide a detailed reply to your comment.

Art

--- In autismlist@yahoogroups.com, "Janna Hoskin" <janna@...> wrote:
>
> I currently work with a girl who has autism and mental retardation,
as well
> as some seizure activity.
>
> While I do not doubt that she is smart, she does not have "superior
> intelligence," and she does not read or show any interest in using
the
> computer. I do think that FC should be attempted in many cases, but
such a
> blanket statement is ridiculous.
>
> -Janna, who also worked with a boy who was a HFA and had mental
retardation
>
> On Sun, Nov 9, 2008 at 10:54 PM, Arthur Golden <golden@...> wrote:
>
> > You are invited to go to:
> >
> > http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/autismfc/message/1733
> >
> > and read through message #1737 (including a message each from Char
> > Brandl and Tom Smith) and join in a public open discussion about
the
> > question I posed of:
> >
> > expectations for persons with "low-functioning autism?"
> >
> > Please note that my 36 year-old son Ben, nonverbal with "low
> > functioning autism" facilitated his answer of:
> >
> > "All LFAs without exception have superior intelligence and it
> > will be agreat tragedy if they are not allowed to show it
> > through full support FC."
> >
> > Arthur Golden of Jerusalem Israel
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Yahoo! Groups Links
> >
> >
> >
> >
>