tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post6329736034944744794..comments2024-03-18T06:27:51.599-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: Autism in FrancePaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-51391468557665468012015-09-18T18:49:35.342-04:002015-09-18T18:49:35.342-04:00France is a terrible country for autist kids and f...France is a terrible country for autist kids and families, we are working against it and prove social services benefit from putting kid in foster houses with no sound reasons : http://comitecedif.wordpress.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04062408060081384848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-22260200156688350762015-06-10T23:45:50.508-04:002015-06-10T23:45:50.508-04:00From what I've read, the ban on Sophie Robert&...From what I've read, the ban on Sophie Robert's film "The Wall"/"Le Mur" has been lifted as of January 2014. Link: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.soutenonslemur.org/&prev=searchAmynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-20968464626208259482012-03-09T05:13:44.993-05:002012-03-09T05:13:44.993-05:00Not sure why all the fuss. What's better, a sh...Not sure why all the fuss. What's better, a shot of Haldol, like they do in America for autistics with self injurious behavior? I mean really people, find another thing to be angry about, this isn't one of them. No kids were being abused in any video I saw of this method. They were well supervised and it's a sensory therapy. It may be unconventional but it sure beats drugging them. Also, the wrapping isn't unusual. Millions of people go to high end spas and are wrapped in herbal wraps, cellophane and mud packs, c'mon now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-14182798970438609782012-02-27T19:09:36.382-05:002012-02-27T19:09:36.382-05:00This disturbs me.
I use psychoanalysis as a tool...This disturbs me. <br /><br />I use psychoanalysis as a tool for perspective when analysing films, movies, etc... as a rule, though, I can never take Freud too seriously, because it destroys the art. Laura Mulvey was the first to use Freudian psychoanalysis to study film, but even she stated that psychoanalysis alone is not sufficient to garner a full theoretical understanding><br /><br />Film and medicine are two strictly distinct fields, obviously, but the parallels are there. Freudian theory is, in my mind, a projection of Freud himself, and likewise people that take it seriously. People that find projections of this sort in their patients using psychoanalysis are often projecting themselves.<br /><br />I am autistic, and I became autistic long before I had a bond with my mother. And the fact that I still have a relationship with my mother at 28 years old means the theory fails. It is also flawed in that it assumes that girls can't have autism unless they turn out to be lesbians. I know a few French people that I like, maybe two or three, but in general, I'm not a big fan of the French. They're arrogant, pompous arseclowns and I can't stand them.The Pinstriped Aspiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18053819224306993249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-13983632998413612182012-02-02T13:00:15.615-05:002012-02-02T13:00:15.615-05:00Also see this post at The Thinking Person's Gu...Also see this post at <a href="http://thinkingautismguide.blogspot.com/2012/01/culture-of-abuse-autism-care-in-france.html" rel="nofollow">The Thinking Person's Guide to Autism</a>, "A Culture of Abuse: Autism Care in France" by autistic adult Daniel Heurtevant, spokesperson for Support the Wall (Soutenons le Mur).<br /><br />It's not just the human-rights abuse of <i>le packing</i>. French autistic children aren't educated--they are warehoused at "psychoanalytic schools".<br /><br /><br /><br />Disclosure: I am a founder and editor for TPGA, and solicited the article from M. Heurtevant.Liz Ditzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03455722013211350247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-57220531864944914732012-01-27T21:14:21.264-05:002012-01-27T21:14:21.264-05:00Paul,
thanks for bringing this terrible therapy to...Paul,<br />thanks for bringing this terrible therapy to the attention of your US readers.<br /><br />The "packing" in fact originated in the US during the 70s; it was used for treating ( or attempting to treat ) schizophrenia; it was introduced in France by an American psychiatrist, Dr. Woodbury, to treat autistic children. Too bad...<br /><br />By the way, today, the producers of the Wall lost their legal battle against the three psychiatrists who sued them. It is likely to stop the distribution of that movie.<br /><br />--johAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-69501950579089001082012-01-26T14:17:14.800-05:002012-01-26T14:17:14.800-05:00As an occupational therapist who has worked with m...As an occupational therapist who has worked with many children diagnosed with Autism...I am thoroughly appalled and disgusted. I can't even believe it. I just feel angry.<br /><br />If someone tried to wrap my son in a cold blanket, I don't know what I would do. What do to children who suffered a stroke? I'm cold just thinking about it.Bea, OThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08301207485195668332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-52570868303018278942012-01-26T10:44:50.378-05:002012-01-26T10:44:50.378-05:00The story about "The Wall" is covered in...The story about "The Wall" is covered in a BBC World Service programme called Health Check which can be heard on a podcast here:<br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/healthcdeevybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15118040887173718391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-90526661944736973492012-01-26T09:53:32.081-05:002012-01-26T09:53:32.081-05:00CREEPY indeed, barbaric, medieval - and mostly mys...CREEPY indeed, barbaric, medieval - and mostly mystifying - neurosciences in France are generally very advanced. The wet blanket "therapy" was used to torture dissidents in Russian mental asylums! I met a dissident once, Vladimir Bukovsky, who had the "treatment" and it didn't sound like a hug the way he told it. It seems extraordinary that this has escaped any scrutiny by medical ethicists in France. I hope shame and international condemnation will start to turn things around. My heart bleeds for those poor, abused children.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com