I have a friend whose adult step-son has been classified sometime by somebody as 'environmentally disabled'. Have any of you ever heard of this? I can't seem to find out anything about it. Thanks,
Karen, Queen of Squishies
Is that like Multiple Chemical Sensitivity- I think that's what it's called? I've heard of that where people can't leave their house- and it has to be all specially arranged to prevent the attacks- because of fumes from plastics, cleaning products, perfumes, smog, etc.
Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.
Leslie, and Jennel - this is a behavior disorder of some kind which is somehow related to the social and family environment during the formative years.
Karen, Queen of Squishies
Karen, you know I work with Pre K aged children, many with a wide variety of issues. Personally, I have never heard of this. I checked NIMH
Karen, I haven't heard of 'environmentally disabled,' but I'm wondering if it's something on the order of reactive attachment disorder. It's caused by a child not forming an emotional bond during infancy or early childhood - it's not unusual to see it in children adopted from foreign countries who were left in orphanages at birth and often left in cribs without being cuddled or held by some type of parental figure. I wouldn't think it would be limited to that situation, though. It would seem that if a child was somewhat ignored by a parent during those formative years even in a family environment, the same condition could develop.
Karen, it sounds like you are talking about something like environmentally retarted, which is, the person was neglected or denied normal types of interactions while growing up. Not sure if I have any of my books from work left around but I will check. Lyn
I was wondering because I have only ever heard that phrase in conjunction with extreme religions. Wherin persons brought up within the social enviroment of the particular faith are woefully unprepared to cope with a different society. Like if you plucked an Old Order Amish woman up and dropped her in the middle of New York City. There are less extreme examples, but you probably get the idea. Not exactly a behavior disorder, but I am not quite sure what you could properly call it.
NightMist
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:15:42 -0500, Karen, Queen of Squishies wrote (in article ):
Is it because he's super sensitive to chemicals of any kind? I think some people refer to it as chemically sensitive or chemically disabled.
Maureen
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