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Na karanta kawai, domin lokacin da aka yi sanadiyyar, "Sanarwar Amish ba ta yi alurar riga kafi ba, wannan shine dalilin da yasa babu 'yan Amish tare da autism." Wannan sanarwa ya jawo, a wani ɓangare, daga ikirarin da dan kabilar Autism, Dan Olmsted ya yi, - da kuma a kalla a wannan yanayin, Mr. Olmsted ba daidai ba ne.
Na samu na farko inkling cewa wannan labari ne, a gaskiya, labari, lokacin da na karanta wannan yanki a cikin Combatting Autism daga cikin website:
Sanarwar cewa Amish ba ta yin alurar riga kafi ga 'ya'yansu ba gaskiya bane, "in ji Dokta Kevin Strauss, MD, dan jarida a CSC." Muna gudanar da asibitin mako-mako na rigakafi kuma yana da matukar aiki. "Ya ce amish vaccinations rates ne m fiye da yawan jama'a, amma ƙaramin Amish sun fi dacewa a yi alurar riga kafi fiye da tsofaffin ƙarnin.
Strauss kuma yana ganin yawancin yara Amish da ke nuna alamun autism. "Autism ba sananniyar ba ne - yana da bayanin halin hali. Mun ga dabi'un autistic tare da cututtuka ko rushewar hankali ko cututtukan kwayoyin cuta, inda autism yana cikin ɓangaren mawuyacin hali." Raunin X da ciwon kwakwalwa yana da ma'ana a cikin marasa lafiya.
Strauss ya ce asibitin yana kula da "autism" na nakasassu, inda autism ya zama wani ɓangare na ƙwayar ƙwayar cuta mai wuya wanda zai iya haɗawa da lalacewar tunanin mutum, rashin ciwo na chromosomal, fannoni daban-daban, da kuma gajeren lokaci, da kuma Fragile X na ciwo. "Mun ga 'yan yara Amish da Fragile X," inji shi.
... Strauss ya ce bai ga "idiopathic autism" a asibitin ba, wanda ya bayyana a matsayin yara da matsakaicin ko fiye da IQ da suka nuna halin da ake ciki. "Binciken nawa shine ba mu ga yara Amish da 'autism na idiopathic ba, ba yana nufin ba su wanzu ba, amma ba mu ganin su a asibitin."
Ya ce yaron a cikin yawancin jama'a zai iya samun autism a farkon lokaci kuma ya sami samfurin ganewa fiye da dan Amish. "Yarinyar Amish ba za a kira wani MD ko likitan ilimin kimiyya ba saboda ana kula da yaron a cikin al'umma, inda suke da malamai na musamman," in ji shi. "Mun san autism lokacin da muka gan shi, amma ba mu shiga cikin yankin Amish da allon don ASD ba."
Strauss ya kara da cewa Amish yana da mummunar tasirin kwayoyin halitta kuma ana kiyaye shi daga wasu. Rashin bashi na autism "na idiopathic" na iya samun ƙarin aiwatar da tsarin tsarin kwayoyin halitta fiye da salon, yanayi ko abincin. "
Don kawai in bincika kaina, na kira asibitin Strauss kuma na yi hira da wata sadarwar al'umma wanda ake kira Rebeka. Rebecca, wanda ya girma a cikin Amish, ya tabbatar da cewa kimanin kashi 70 cikin dari na Amish a Lancaster County ke yi, alurar riga kafi. Har ila yau, ta tabbatar da cewa yawancin autism yana da mafi ƙanƙanci a cikin Amish fiye da yawan mutanen.
Hakika, ba ta da cikakkiyar bayani game da wannan, ko da yake ta ce:
Akwai karin yarda da [mutanen Amish] don zama abin da suke, kamar yadda suke. Muna da 'ya'ya da wahalar ilmantarwa - kuma akwai wuraren ilimi na musamman ga yara waɗanda ke da Downs, MR, da sauran batutuwa. Yawancin iyalai suna da 'ya'ya da yawa, sadarwa mai yawa, ba talabijin; kuma yana da muhimmanci a iya karantawa. Sadarwa yana da matukar muhimmanci. Ina tsammanin na yi mamaki ko autism ba shi ne saboda rashin kulawar mutum da sadarwa ga ɗayan.
Na sami abin mamaki na Rebecca. A cikin zuciyata, suna jayayya da ra'ayin cewa akalla wasu daga cikin babbar matsala ta autism sun iya danganta da al'adu game da bayyanar cututtuka. Mene ne ma, a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan na gane cewa da yawa daga cikin hanyoyin kwantar da hankalin na autism na da abu daya kawai: idan aka yi daidai, sun haɗa da kyakkyawan hulɗar sadarwa tare da yaron.
Amish ya yi alurar riga kafi. Amma a wasu hanyoyi da suke rayuwa daban daban daga sauran mu. Ba zan iya yin tunani ba ko suna da kyawawan abubuwa don koya mana zumunta da 'ya'yanmu da autism.