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Ndiyifunde nje, kwithuba leshumi elinesiqingatha, isitatimende esithi "ama-Amish akagonyanga, kwaye ke kungabikho abantu abangama-Amish abane-autism." Le nkcazo idonsa, ngokukodwa, kwiimangalo ze-Age of Autism umbhali uDan Olmsted-kwaye, ubuncinane kule ngxaki, uMnu. Olmsted akalunganga.
Ndineenkomfa yam yokuqala ukuba le ngqungquthela yayiyiyo, inyaniso, xa ndifunda le ngqungquthela kwi-Combatting Autism kwiwebhusayithi ethi:
Ingcamango yokuba i-Amish ayigonyanga abantwana bayo ayiyinyaniso, "kusho uDkt. Kevin Strauss, MD, udokotela wezingane kwiCSC." Siqhuba ikliniki yokugonywa ngeveki kwaye ixakeke kakhulu. "Uthi amazinga okugonywa kwama-Amish aphantsi kubemi bemihlali, kodwa ama-Amish amancinci anako ukugonywa ngaphezu kwezizukulwana ezidala.
U Strauss ubona abaninzi abantwana base-Amish abonisa iimpawu ze-autism. "I-Autism ayiyixilongo - yinkcazo yokuziphatha. Sibona iziphathamandla ze-autistic kunye nokuphazamiseka kwengxaki okanye ukuphazamiseka kwengqondo okanye ingxaki yomzimba, apho i-autism inxalenye yecala eliyinkimbinkimbi." I-Fragile X syndrome kunye ne-Retts ziqhelekile kwizigulane zeklinikhi.
U-Strauss uthe iklinikhi iyayiphatha "i-syndromic autism", apho i-autism njengenxalenye yenkcazo ehambelana neklinikhi engabandakanya ukulibala kwengqondo, ukungavumelekanga kwechromosomal, iimpawu zobuso ezingavamile kunye nesigxina esifutshane, kunye ne-Fragile X syndrome. "Sibona abantwana abambalwa abangama-Amish kunye noFragile X," watsho.
... U-Strauss uthi akayiboni "idiopathic autism" eklinikhi, echaza njengabantwana abane-average okanye ii-IQ ezingaphezulu kwi-IQ ezibonisa ukuziphatha kwe-autistic. Amava am ngamaqu asiboni abantwana abaninzi abangama-Amish abane-idiopathic autism. Akuthethi ukuba abakho, kuphela ukuba asibonanga kwiklinikhi. "
Uthi umntwana ebantwini ngokubanzi unokufumana ukuba i-autism ibonwe kwangaphambili kwaye ufumane ukuxilongwa kunomntwana ongumAmish. "Umntwana u-Amish akanakuthunyelwa kwi-MD okanye kwi-psychologist ngenxa yokuba umntwana ulawulwa kuluntu, apho banotitshala abakhethekileyo," utsho. "Siyazi i-autism xa sibona, kodwa asihambi ngokubanzi kwingingqi yase-Amish kunye neskrini se-ASD."
UStrauss wongezelela ukuba i-Amish ineemeko eziphezulu zezinto eziphilayo kwaye zikhuselwe kwabanye. Iqondo eliphantsi le-idiopathic autism "lingaba nokuningi ukwenza isakhiwo sezinto zobomi kunokubomi, indawo okanye ukutya."
Ukuzitshekisha, ndabiza ikliniki yaseStrauss ndaxoxwa kunye noqhagamshelwano noluntu olubizwa ngoRebecca. URebecca, owakhula phakathi kwama-Amish, uqinisekisa ukuba malunga nama-70% ama-Amish eLancaster County, ngokwenene, uyagonya. Ukwaqinisekisa kwakhona ukuba izinga le-autism libonakala liphantsi kuma-Amishi kunabemi bonke.
Kakade ke, wayengenayo inkcazelo yinyaniso yolu, nangona wathi:
Kukho ukwamkela [phakathi kwama-Amish] abantu ukuba babe yiloo nto, njengoko kunjalo. Ngokuqinisekileyo sinabantwana abanenkinga yokufunda-kwaye kukho izakhiwo zemfundo ezizodwa kubantwana abane-Downs, MR, kunye neminye imiba. Uninzi lweentsapho zinabantwana abaninzi, izinga eliphezulu lokunxibelelana, akukho nethelevishini; kwaye kubalulekile ukuba bakwazi ukufunda. Unxibelelwano lubaluleke kakhulu. Ndiyicinga ukuba ndizibuze ukuba ngaba i-autism ephuma apho ngenxa yokungabikho kwengqalelo kunye nokunxibelelana kumntwana.
Ndifumene ulwazi lukaRebecca olunomdla. Kwingqondo yam, baphikisana nombono wokuthi ubuncinane ukuphakama okukhulu kwiimpawu zokuxilonga nge-autism banokudibaniswa kakhulu kwinkcubeko njengempawu. Ngaphezu koko, ezinyangeni zakutshanje ndiye ndaqonda ukuba ezininzi ezininzi zonyango ezenzelwe i-autism zinenento enye efanayo: xa zenziwe ngokuchanekileyo, zibandakanya kakhulu umgangatho ophezulu wokunxibelelana 1: 1 nomntwana.
Ama-Amish adonsa. Kodwa ngezinye iindlela baphila ngokungafaniyo nakwezinye zethu. Andikwazi ukunceda ukuba ndibuze ukuba ngaba baninzi ukusifundisa ngokuphathelele kubantwana bethu nge-autism.