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I am horrified at the numbers of children afflicted with developmental conditions like autism. What the dickens is going on? Why are Somali children in the West more prone to be afflicted with this condition? Is there something in the environment or are these Western physicians over diagnosing our children.

All in all, these things make the case for having your children born outside Galbeedka. I never saw these issues with Somali kids born elsewhere.

I am horrified at the numbers of children afflicted with developmental conditions like autism. What the dickens is going on? Why are Somali children in the West more prone to be afflicted with this condition? Is there something in the environment or are these Western physicians over diagnosing our children.

All in all, these things make the case for having your children born outside Galbeedka. I never saw these issues with Somali kids born elsewhere.

Didnt a study find that it's the excess sulpher in Diana cream which is causing Autism/LD/syndromes.

By Galbeedka I though you meant Ogaden.

Autism waa amar alla and it affects a lot of somalis in the west.. its a new phenomenon within the somali community.. but we as somalis see a child with autism and automatically assume it's down to bad parenting or MMR Jab when it's not..

A child goes thru about 2 months of testing in the UK before they are diagnosed with autism.. from physiotherapist, pediatrician,phycologist and speech and language therapy have to assess your child then come to a mutual diagnosis. That the child is autistic..

It's a very crippling disease sleepless nights being on guard and alert 24/7 ... mothers with autistic kids are true mujahids I salute them

I am horrified at the numbers of children afflicted with developmental conditions like autism. What the dickens is going on? Why are Somali children in the West more prone to be afflicted with this condition? Is there something in the environment or are these Western physicians over diagnosing our children.

All in all, these things make the case for having your children born outside Galbeedka. I never saw these issues with Somali kids born elsewhere.

I believe autism also exists and existed even in Somalia....there they call it qalqaalinimo: - "aar yarkan wa qalqaali.."

I am horrified at the numbers of children afflicted with developmental conditions like autism. What the dickens is going on? Why are Somali children in the West more prone to be afflicted with this condition? Is there something in the environment or are these Western physicians over diagnosing our children.

All in all, these things make the case for having your children born outside Galbeedka. I never saw these issues with Somali kids born elsewhere.

I believe autism also exists and existed even in Somalia....there they call it qalqaalinimo: - "aar yarkan wa qalqaali.."

That's adhd I think

People want to put a name to everything nowadays. If your child is a little qalqaali Drs will say he's suffering from ADHD and they'll make the poor kid pop pills and that child will grow up believing they have behavioural problems and it may hinder their learning and confidence.

Where as in back home, people have this 'Wu Ka waynani qalqaalinimada InshAllah' approach and in most cases they do. And I prefer this approach.

I think if your child has problems that are very obvious to all then their problems will hopefully not go unnoticed and you can seek the correct medical help.

I've seem some cases where some young Somali parents are very lazy in their parenting. You'll see a 4-5 yr old with a dummy in their mouth and wearing nappies at that age. A pacifier slows down a child from developing their speech, Ka dib instead them owning to their mistakes they'll be quick to look for excuses like "Ilmahaygu ma hadlo at this age, waxba ka si ah" when is abosolutely no fault of the child.

Also from what I've read I also believe the MMR jab is linked to Autism.

No. one day your grandchildren will not know what a hag,a Hutu or a hawiye is.

The problem is the vaccination not long after the birth of the Child, literally a cocktail of them before the child's immunity has had any chance to develop, this is what's causing the autism.

I had a cousin that was autistic which is really an autoimmune disease, before I even read any studies about the benefits of raw camel milk to treat autism, I took him with me to Hobyo for a year, our whole diet was Sorghum, Camel Milk, Dates and Fresh Meat, like more then a litre of caano geel a day, he was totally cured.

Stop you children from vaccination, especially in the first year so the kid's immune system has a chance to develop adequately, you only see these problems in countries that vaccinate their children.

Just say no vaccination.

Autism is from the vaccines, who are we kidding here?

Do not vaccinate your kids. I never vaccinated mine and Alhamdulilah they are very healthy and intelligent. My daughter is only 3, speaks full sentences (fluent in Somali), knows her ABC's, can count, add and subtract.

My son is 8 months and holds full eye contact, says mama, baba and is very healthy Alhamdulilah.

Also remember your wife should eat healthy and organic when pregnant, avoid drinking from plastic bottles.

I would also advise that you do not send your kids to public schools. Homeschool if you have to!

Idiots! Educate yourselves about childhood immunization. You are doing more harm to your children (and others) by not vaccinating them. MMR is much safer now than back in the 90s, when a pseudo-scientist in Britain made up a "study" linking autism with MMR vaccine. His study was debunked - no scientific merit, no correlation between autism and MMR.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/25/healt ... .html?_r=0
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2831678/

MMR shot contributes to autism if it is given to the child before he (or she) reaches 18 months old.

What matters is how you raise your kids, not where you raise them. Only a pussy would use the environment as an excuse to cover up shitty parenting.