AspieUtah wrote:
Funny. Now, what is your reply to the linked-citation reference that "
Saigon Tiep Thi newspaper Wednesday quoted a study from the National Hospital of Pediatrics as saying that the number of children diagnosed with autism at the Hanoi-based hospital's Physiotherapy Department in 2007 was 50 times higher than in 2000. In a Hanoi district, 10 percent of 733 disabled children had the developmental disorder, according to the study reported at a conference on care and education for autistic children organized in the capital city on Tuesday. Meanwhile, in Ho Chi Minh City, 324 autistic children received treatment at local hospitals in 2008, a 160-fold increase from just two in 2000" (
http://www.thanhniennews.com/health/aut ... -3207.html )?
Shall we start with the response from Dr. Do Thuy Lan, who is quoted within the same article?
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According to Lan, Vietnam not only fails to compile figures about autism, but also to standardize services and programs to detect autism and intervene with behavioral treatments and medicines.
At some clinics, doctors with a lack of experience and knowledge have mistaken autism for intellectual disabilities, she said.
In Hanoi, despite the capital's advanced clinics, not many doctors are knowledgeable about the disorder and can give an accurate diagnosis, she cited.
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Moreover, even though hundreds of centers claiming to treat autism have been founded in Vietnam since 1995 -- aside from kindergartens that claim to specialize in teaching autistic children -- the techniques used are varied and unregulated.
In fact, they are using a total of 12 different autism assessment tools imported from other countries like Australia, Japan, and the U.S. without translating them into Vietnamese, said Dr. Le Van Tac, director of the Research Center of Special Education.
This led to different centers performing different tests and drawing different conclusions on the same children, worrying parents who want to get second opinions on the matter.
And the list of "experts" from the conference:
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the U.S. Embassy in Vietnam, the United Nations Children's Fund, and the Autism Speaks
From the other article cited in the report, entitled
New study finds autism rates in South Korea now at 1 in 38 children:
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n the first comprehensive study of autism prevalence using a total population sample, an international team of investigators from the U.S., South Korea, and Canada estimated the prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in South Korea to be 2.64%, or approximately 1 in 38 children, and concluded that autism prevalence estimates worldwide may increase
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According to Dr. Kim, experts disagree about the causes and significance of reported increases in ASD, partly because of variations in diagnostic criteria and incomplete epidemiologic studies that have limited the establishment of actual population-based rates. “We were able to find more children with ASD and describe the full spectrum of ASD clinical characteristics,” said Dr. Kim. “Recent research reveals that part of the increase in reported ASD prevalence appears attributable to factors such as increased public awareness and broadening of diagnostic criteria. This study suggests that better case finding may actually account for an even larger increase. While the current project did not investigate potential risk factors in this particular population, the study does set the stage for ongoing work to examine genetic and environmental factors contributing to the risk of ASD.”
Some rather glaring omissions from a site that features "News. Truth. UNFILTERED." in the banner. Though, to be fair to them, they did cite the sources they misrepresented.
04 Jul 2015, 12:12 pm
