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Ngisanda kufunda, ngesikhatsi sesishiyagalolunye, isitatimende esithi "ama-Amish awagonyanga, yingakho kungekho abantu abangama-Amish abane-autism." Lesi sitatimende sithatha, ngokuyinhloko, emangalisini ye-Age of Autism umbhali uDan Olmsted - futhi, okungenani kulokhu, uMnu. Olmsted akalungile.
Ngithole inkinobho yami yokuqala ukuthi, empeleni, inganekwane, lapho ngifunda le ngqangi ku-Combatting Autism kuwebhusayithi:
Uthi uDkt Kevin Strauss, MD, udokotela wezingane eCSC, uthi: "Umqondo wokuthi ama-Amish awagodli izingane zabo awuyiqiniso," kusho uDkt. Kevin Strauss, MD. "Siqhuba umtholampilo wokugoma wamasonto onke futhi umatasa kakhulu." abantu abaningi, kodwa ama-Amish amancane cishe angagonywa kunezizukulwane ezidala.
U-Strauss ubona nabaningi bama-Amish abonisa izimpawu ze-autism. "I-Autism ayitholakali - iyincazelo yokuziphatha. Sibona ukuziphatha kwe-autistic kanye nokuphazamiseka kwengcindezi noma ukulahlwa kwengqondo noma isifo sezakhi zofuzo, lapho i-autism iyingxenye yechungechunge eliyinkimbinkimbi emitholampilo." I-syndrome ye-Fragile X ne-Retts nayo ijwayelekile phakathi kweziguli zamtholampilo.
U-Strauss uthe umtholampilo uphatha "i-autism syndromic", lapho i-autism njengengxenye yechungechunge eliyinkimbinkimbi emitholampilo engabandakanya ukuphuza kwengqondo, ukukhubazeka kwe-chromosomal, izici zobuso ezingavamile, nesimo esifushane, kanye nesifo se-Fragile X. "Siyabona izingane ezimbalwa zama-Amish ngeFragile X," esho.
... U-Strauss uthi akaboni "idiopathic autism" emtholampilo, echaza njengabantwana abanezigaba eziphezulu noma ezingaphezu kwama-IQ abonisa ukuziphatha kwe-autistic. "Okuhlangenwe nakho kwami ukuthi asiboni izingane eziningi zama-Amish nge-autism idiopathic. Akusho ukuthi azikho, kuphela ukuthi asiboni emtholampilo."
Uthi ingane ebantwini abaningi cishe ikwazi ukuthola i-autism kusenesikhathi futhi ukuthola ukuxilongwa kunomntwana wama-Amish. "Umntwana u-Amish angeke adluliselwe ku-MD noma isazi sokusebenza kwengqondo ngoba ingane iphethwe emphakathini, lapho inabanye abafundisi abakhethekile khona," usho kanje. "Siyazi i-autism uma sikubona, kodwa asihambanga emphakathini wase-Amish nakwesikrini se-ASD."
U-Strauss wanezela ukuthi ama-Amish anesisindo esiphakeme sezinto ezithinta izakhi zofuzo futhi avikelwe kwabanye. Izinga eliphansi le-autism ye-idiopathic "lingase libe nokuningi ukwenza isakhiwo sezakhi zofuzo kunabantu bokuphila, imvelo noma ukudla."
Ukuze ngizihlole, ngabiza imitholampilo kaStrauss futhi ngixoxisana nomxhumanisi womphakathi ogama lakhe linguRebecca. URebcca, owakhula phakathi kwama-Amish, uqinisekisa ukuthi cishe ama-Amish angu-70% aseLancaster County enza, empeleni, ukugoma. Uphinde uqinisekise ukuthi isilinganiso se-autism sibonakala sincane phakathi kwama-Amish kunabanye abantu.
Yiqiniso, wayengenayo incazelo yangempela yalokhu, nakuba ethi:
Kuningi ukwamukelwa [phakathi kwama-Amishi] abantu ngokuba yilokho abakhona, njengoba kunjalo. Ngokuqinisekile sinabantwana abanenkinga yokufunda - futhi kukhona izakhiwo zemfundo ekhethekile ezinganeni ezine-Downs, MR, nezinye izindaba. Imindeni eminingi inezingane eziningi, izinga eliphezulu lokuxhumana, akukho ithelevishini; futhi kubalulekile ukwazi ukufunda. Ukuxhumana kubaluleke kakhulu, kubaluleke kakhulu. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngizibuze ukuthi i-autism ephuma lapho ingenxa yokuntula ukunakekelwa komuntu siqu nokuxhumana kulowo mntwana.
Ngathola ukuqonda kukaRebecca okuthakazelisayo. Engqondweni yami, baphikisana nomqondo wokuthi okungenani ukunyuka okukhulu kwezifo zokuxilonga nge-autism kungaxhunyaniswa kakhulu nakumasiko njengezimpawu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ezinyangeni zamuva ngiye ngaqaphela ukuthi eziningi zokwelapha ezenzelwe i-autism zinempilo eyodwa kuphela: uma zenziwe kahle, zibandakanya izinga eliphezulu lokuxhumana 1: 1 nengane.
I-Amish igoma. Kodwa ngezinye izindlela baphila ngokuhluke kakhulu kithi sonke. Angikwazi ukusibuza ukuthi banomsebenzi omkhulu yini wokusifundisa ngokuhlobene nezingane zethu nge-autism.