Barbie

[fillyboy]

When I was young, I pestered my dad for an Action Man toy for Christmas. Anyway, on the day, I unwrapped the present and there was a figure of a man in a camel hair coat wearing a trilby hat. I pulled the string on the back and it started talking - 25, 25, 25, 30. 30 at the back, 30, 30, 35, 35, 35, 35 once, 35 twice, sold! He'd only gone and bought me Auction man.

 

[pete01]

When I was young, I pestered my dad for an Action Man toy for Christmas. Anyway, on the day, I unwrapped the present and there was a figure of a man in a camel hair coat wearing a trilby hat. I pulled the string on the back and it started talking - 25, 25, 25, 30. 30 at the back, 30, 30, 35, 35, 35, 35 once, 35 twice, sold! He'd only gone and bought me Auction man.

Bet you was gutted.

 

[securespark]

I want the Tourettes Barbie.

You bet your boots they won't release that model.

 

[Deluks]

I'm surprised no-one has yet mentioned the Klaus Barbie doll?

 

[charliegolf]

"Autism" is one of those conditions created for the purpose of claiming welfare payments; it is now a huge industry and burden to the taxpayer. Now the Barbie company is at the trough.

As someone who spent 20 years working with autistic children, I find that comment to be straight out of the ,'I've done my own research' book of moron sayings; more importantly, very cruel to the kids and their families. And a load of bolleux too.

 

[SPLINE]

As someone who spent 20 years working with autistic children, I find that comment to be straight out of the ,'I've done my own research' book of moron sayings; more importantly, very cruel to the kids and their families. And a load of bolleux too.

Do they have "autistic" children in private schools, i.e. schools where the parents don't claim benefits?

 

[fillyboy]

Do they have "autistic" children in private schools, i.e. schools where the parents don't claim benefits?

Yes, there are private schools especially for autistic and down syndrome etc. My BIL put his Downs daughter into a very expensive one when his daughter was about 18, they'd managed up until then but looking after her Became too much and felt the daughter would benefit from more exclusive education with skilled people. The school was in Dorset and he'd travel down every weekend, he ended up doing a lot of 'music therapy' with the other kids, I think from memory she was about 20 when she died.

I do agree with what you're saying about many parents wanting to get their kids 'categorised' because it is a gateway for increased benefits.

 

[Brigadier]

As someone who spent 20 years working with autistic children, I find that comment to be straight out of the ,'I've done my own research' book of moron sayings; more importantly, very cruel to the kids and their families. And a load of bolleux too.

Don't take a thing Splineless posts, seriously.

A bot, and a buggy one at that.

 

[charliegolf]

Do they have "autistic" children in private schools, i.e. schools where the parents don't claim benefits?

Yes.

 

[transam]

Some places in specialist private schools are actually funded worked in a couple

We also worked in a private specialist school
That was solely dedicated to autistic children
Some of the places would have been funded ?

 

[SPLINE]

Yes, there are private schools especially for autistic and down syndrome etc. My BIL put his Downs daughter into a very expensive one when his daughter was about 18, they'd managed up until then but looking after her Became too much and felt the daughter would benefit from more exclusive education with skilled people. The school was in Dorset and he'd travel down every weekend, he ended up doing a lot of 'music therapy' with the other kids, I think from memory she was about 20 when she died.

I do agree with what you're saying about many parents wanting to get their kids 'categorised' because it is a gateway for increased benefits.

I wasn't thinking of schools exclusively for autistic children, but rather regular private schools where an "autistic" child is placed among normal children, as happens in state schools.

Downs syndrome is an entirely different matter; a genuine condition.

 

[fillyboy]

I wasn't thinking of schools exclusively for autistic children, but rather regular private schools where an "autistic" child is placed among normal children, as happens in state schools.

Downs syndrome is an entirely different matter; a genuine condition.

I can't remember the full details but there was a recent hooha in America regarding the Kennedy bloke whereby he was trying to blame the increase in autism on some drug or other, from memory there was a 2-300% in autism over a ten year period.
I've not researched the figures in this country and don't intend to but there is no doubt we would be looking at a similar increase.

Of course, this will partly be due to more efficient diagnosis, but as I said earlier, a large part of it will because parents are desperate to have their kids 'categorised' to provide a gateway for increased benefits.

 

[SPLINE]

but as I said earlier, a large part of it will because parents are desperate to have their kids 'categorised' to provide a gateway for increased benefits.

Yes... I know of several cases. The cost is enormous and is more than just the direct welfare payments; all sorts of modifications and adaptations have to be made at the schools, and specialists employed. Those who know the system milk it for all it is worth.

There is probably a kernel of truth in the theory of "autism", but some of the traits and weird behaviours ascribed to it are found in everybody at some point in their lives. Especially people on here!