![]() ![]() Consequently, early diagnosis followed by intense therapy, was not available. Laura Shumaker could have been one of those mothers I met way back when children who didn’t speak so well, or behaved “differently” were not readily recognized as autistic. We were asked to see them to check their ears and hearing or the structures in their mouth for something to “fix.” As time went on, more and more children were found to be delayed, and some were not “fixable.” As a pediatric otolaryngologist, I saw many children with communication problems. ![]() Just look at the red eyes of the parents who have just realized or been told that their son or daughter is autistic.Īlmost 25 years ago, when I was just starting out in my practice, autism was not a common diagnosis. One hundred and 50 years later the “A” word stands for autism. In the mid-19th century the “A” word was for adultery. ![]() Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter recounted the terrible punishment an adulterous woman had to bear. ![]()
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