Comments on: Rain May Lead To Autism http://willtaft.com/health/rain-may-lead-to-autism/ Healthy Living For People and Planet Earth Sun, 14 Mar 2010 09:42:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Valerie http://willtaft.com/health/rain-may-lead-to-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-12951 Valerie Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:10:50 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=777#comment-12951 Hi! linking rain to autism sounds interesting to me. I didn't know about this until I read your post. If in case this theory will be proven true, I'm still grateful my kid is not much into TV. By the way, thanks for the links and the great post. Hi! linking rain to autism sounds interesting to me. I didn’t know about this until I read your post. If in case this theory will be proven true, I’m still grateful my kid is not much into TV. By the way, thanks for the links and the great post.

]]> By: Will http://willtaft.com/health/rain-may-lead-to-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-12940 Will Wed, 05 Nov 2008 02:19:20 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=777#comment-12940 That sure is a very interesting idea, JD. I like how you always have unique takes on things and how they often make sense. Thanks for that link, Rachel! That sure is a very interesting idea, JD. I like how you always have unique takes on things and how they often make sense.

Thanks for that link, Rachel!

]]> By: Rachel http://willtaft.com/health/rain-may-lead-to-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-12858 Rachel Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:03:26 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=777#comment-12858 Cornell University's eClips has just posted a video interview with Michael Waldman in which he discusses the correlation between rain and autism. You can watch video clips from the interview on the eClips blog (http://cornell-eclips.blogspot.com) and visit eClips (http://eclips.cornell.edu) to see over 12,000 video clips. Cornell University’s eClips has just posted a video interview with Michael Waldman in which he discusses the correlation between rain and autism. You can watch video clips from the interview on the eClips blog (http://cornell-eclips.blogspot.com) and visit eClips (http://eclips.cornell.edu) to see over 12,000 video clips.

]]> By: Techfun http://willtaft.com/health/rain-may-lead-to-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-12834 Techfun Tue, 04 Nov 2008 19:39:15 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=777#comment-12834 Ignore this comment, forgot to click for followup emails. Ignore this comment, forgot to click for followup emails.

]]> By: Techfun http://willtaft.com/health/rain-may-lead-to-autism/comment-page-1/#comment-12810 Techfun Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:52:38 +0000 http://willtaft.com/?p=777#comment-12810 Having worked with someone with two autistic sons I have absorbed a fair amount of info on the underlying effects of autism by listening to her and hearing how her sons have been trained to better communicate. As a result, when I read this, one thing popped into my mind and it may be spectacularly wrong but here it is. So many of the challenges that face people across the autistic spectrum relate to their ability to process incoming stimulation. That includes both visual and auditory information about the world around them. So, a child raised from birth to three years of age, like those in the study you linked to, would have had a major source of auditory input during that time in the form of rainfall on the ground and on roofs. There is a reason that many of the whitenoise/sleep sound systems contain sounds of rainfall. Its soothing and can help you zone out and fall asleep. As an adult you know what the sound is and can cope with it, but think about what would happen to a very small child if you regularly exposed them to a whitenoise machine or other repetitive but pervasive sound for hours on end. I just wonder if there is something to the idea that during a time when children are learning to differentiate sounds and speech patterns they can have that process hijacked by the introduction of another powerful sensory source like rainfall. <abbr><em>Techfuns last blog post..<a href="http://blog.techfun.org/election-watch" rel="nofollow">Election Watch</a></abbr></em> Having worked with someone with two autistic sons I have absorbed a fair amount of info on the underlying effects of autism by listening to her and hearing how her sons have been trained to better communicate.

As a result, when I read this, one thing popped into my mind and it may be spectacularly wrong but here it is.

So many of the challenges that face people across the autistic spectrum relate to their ability to process incoming stimulation. That includes both visual and auditory information about the world around them.

So, a child raised from birth to three years of age, like those in the study you linked to, would have had a major source of auditory input during that time in the form of rainfall on the ground and on roofs.

There is a reason that many of the whitenoise/sleep sound systems contain sounds of rainfall. Its soothing and can help you zone out and fall asleep. As an adult you know what the sound is and can cope with it, but think about what would happen to a very small child if you regularly exposed them to a whitenoise machine or other repetitive but pervasive sound for hours on end.

I just wonder if there is something to the idea that during a time when children are learning to differentiate sounds and speech patterns they can have that process hijacked by the introduction of another powerful sensory source like rainfall.

Techfuns last blog post..Election Watch

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