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Ndangowerenga, chifukwa cha nthawi ya umpteenth, mawu akuti "Amish samapitako katemera, ndipo chifukwa chake palibe Amish omwe ali ndi autism." Mawu awa amachokera, mwachindunji, kuchokera ku zonena za mlembi wa Age Age wa Autism Dan Olmsted - ndipo, panthawiyi, Mr. Olmsted akulakwitsa.
Ndili ndi chidwi choyamba kuti nthano imeneyi inali nthano, pamene ndinawerenga izi mu Combatting Autism kuchokera mkati mwa intaneti:
Dr. Kevin Strauss, MD, dokotala wa ana ku CSC anati: "Timagwiritsa ntchito kachipatala ka katemera ndipo timakhala otanganidwa kwambiri." Iye akuti vachesi ya Amish ndi yochepa kusiyana ndi anthu ambiri, koma Amish achinyamata amakhala otetezedwa kwambiri kusiyana ndi mibadwo yakale.
Strauss amaonanso ana ambiri a Amish omwe amasonyeza zizindikiro za autism. "Autism sichidziwikiratu - ndizofotokozera khalidwe. Timaona makhalidwe a autistic pamodzi ndi vuto la kugwidwa kapena kutaya mtima kapena matenda a chibadwa, kumene autism ndi mbali ya zovuta kwambiri zamagetsi." Matenda a Fragile ndi Retts amakhalanso achilendo pakati pa odwala a kuchipatala.
Strauss adati chipatalachi chimachiza "syndromic autism", kumene autism ndi mbali ya zovuta zamagetsi zomwe zimaphatikizapo kuchepa kwa maganizo, zosaoneka bwino, zosaoneka bwino, komanso nthawi yayitali, komanso matenda a Fragile X. "Tikuwona ana angapo achi Amish ndi Fragile X," adatero.
... Strauss akuti sakuwona "idiopathic autism" kuchipatala, chomwe amachifotokoza ngati ana omwe ali ndi ma intaneti ambiri kapena apamwamba omwe amasonyeza khalidwe la autistic. "Zomwe ndimakumana nazo sikuti timawona ana ambiri a Amish ndi adiopathic autism. Sizitanthauza kuti kulibe, koma kuti sitikuwawona kuchipatala."
Amati mwana m'mabuku ambiri amakhala ndi autism omwe amadziwika msanga komanso kuti adziwe kuti ndi mwana wamasiye wa Amish. "Mwana wa Amish sangathe kutumizidwa kwa MD kapena katswiri wa zamaganizo chifukwa mwanayo akuyang'anira m'deralo, kumene ali ndi aphunzitsi apadera," akutero. "Tikudziwa autism pamene tikuwona, koma sitimapita nawo m'dera la Amish ndi sewero la ASD."
Strauss akuonjezeranso kuti Amish ali ndi chiwerengero chachikulu cha zizindikiro za chibadwa ndipo amatetezedwa kwa ena. Mtengo wotsika wa idiopathic autism "ukhoza kukhala ndi zambiri kuchita zomwe mitundu ya anthu imakhalapo kusiyana ndi moyo, chilengedwe kapena zakudya."
Kuti ndidzifufuze ndekha, ndinatchula chipatala cha Strauss ndipo ndinakambirana ndi ailesi ya Rebecca. Rebecca, yemwe anakulira pakati pa Amish, amatsimikizira kuti pafupifupi Amisenti 70 mwa Amish ku Lancaster County amachitadi katemera. Amatsimikiziranso kuti chiwerengero cha autism chikuoneka kuti n'chochepa pakati pa Amish kuposa anthu ambiri.
Inde, iye analibe tsatanetsatane yeniyeni pa izi, ngakhale iye anati:
Pali chivomerezo chochuluka [pakati pa Amish] a anthu kuti akhale chomwe iwo ali, monga iwo aliri. Tili ndi ana ovuta kuphunzira - ndipo pali malo apadera aphunziro kwa ana omwe ali ndi Downs, MR, ndi zina. Mabanja ambiri ali ndi ana ambiri, kuchuluka kwa kulankhulana, palibe televizioni; ndipo nkofunika kuti muwerenge. Kulankhulana ndi kofunika kwambiri. Ndikuganiza ndikudabwa ngati autism kunja uko ndi chifukwa chosowa chidwi ndi kuyankhulana kwa mwanayo.
Ndinapeza nzeru za Rebecca zogometsa. Ndimaganiza, iwo amatsutsa lingaliro lakuti zina mwa kukula kwakukulu kwa matenda a autism zingakhale zogwirizana kwambiri ndi chikhalidwe monga zizindikiro. Zowonjezera, miyezi yapitayi ndadziŵa kuti mankhwala ambiri opangidwa chifukwa cha autism ali ndi chinthu chimodzi chofanana: pamene achita bwino, amaphatikizapo khalidwe lapamwamba kwambiri 1: 1 kuyankhulana ndi mwanayo.
Amish amachiza katemera. Koma mwa njira zina amakhala mosiyana kwambiri ndi ife tonse. Sindingathe koma ndikudabwa ngati ali ndi zambiri zotiphunzitsa ife za ana athu ndi autism.