To think Katie Hopkins has officially lost the plot and special needs children do have genuine medical disorders

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I know she is just a gobby professional troll but this time she has gone way too far. So special needs don't exist and it is just crap parenting? Unbelievable

Does no one else think it's not just a little coincidental that KH who shall forever be known here as thrush happens to come out with this pile of tripe just as the MN campaign on this very issue gets going and puts herself forward for numerous debates glorified KH PR sessions-- where she gets yet more publicity, but holding an oposing opinion.

She saw the opportunity to make more money on the back of a MN campaign.

She hates MN but by god I BET she reads MN!

it was your comment about colouring and additives I was responding to.
I had a friend with an autistic son who definitely reacted to some dairy food and the yellow colouring in orange squash. Cutting those out didn't mean that he was any less autistic but it did help his general health.

The paed has said he is certain there is a genetic reason behind ds and dd's autism and for that reason he recommends genetic counselling before my others start a family. He believes in twenty years the defect on chromosome 15 (which he is certain my two have) will be identified.
Do I feel guilt? It's a difficult one I feel guilty that their lives are difficult because of the autism but I don't feel guilty because something I did or didn't do was the cause of their autism.

Good point Doris!

Yes Doris. Thrush will be scouring sites like MN for any mention of her name which is now thrush unmentionable.

Thrush is so fitting a name it's inspired . I'm sure the next time I have the misfortune of spotting her on TV before I hastily switch it off it will make me smile.

Awful, awful, attention-seeking woman.

of course she reads it, I don't doubt it which is why I think she should surface like an unflushable floater instead of hiding in the ubend!

Come on Thrushkins, we may respect you for it!

"Bake off: Paul out of favour. Women see him and they see a snake in the grass."
She has the audacity to write that about Paul Hollywood on twitter despite her own Adulterous 1pm Butt-gate years before he even went there

She doesn't have morals and she couldn't purchase class, beauty or intelligence. So here she is trying to make a quick buck taking any limelight she can to support her pathetic lifestyle. Isn't this the same lady who said she wouldn't let her kids play with children who had names like charmaine or Brandon, or Brooklyn . Yet she has a daughter named India apparently not geographical mmm go back to boarding school dear !

She amuses me somewhat. Not all comments but most.

She's already retweeted a comment saying Mumsnet have started to call her Thrush. See? Attention Seeking. I hope PR Stations invite proper qualified persons to comment on this subject and not some rentagob they can book and pay easy and cheaply ~

Sensitive post there Tyler

That's not far enough to have the papers drop her like a hot potato. It will happen though wait and see.

Doris I said the exact same thing on another thread yesterday.

KH scours the news for the latest contentious issue... then jumps on the bandwagon upping the ante to gain more publicity.

She's nothing but a professional troll.

Yay! Good Morning Thrush.

This woman is what I would call a Media Whore, in the sense that does she really hold such extreme views on this issue, or other issues??

I think she likes creating a media frenzy around her by bringing up such topics and then taking an extreme view that she knows will be talked about. It keeps her in the headlines, its keeps he talked about....its the only way she can keep the focus on herself (very sad if you ask me) because it's not like she has a talent for anything else. Its just like those celebs who accidentally on purpose release sex tapes, and then end up making $$$ off the back of their release.

I wouldn't give this woman the time of day as think she is about as shallow as a puddle.

As a journalist, she is well below par (even by gutter press standards). It is amazing how sex (how she originally became notorious) and bitchiness have opened up so many doors for her. I feel sorry for her children - they will not all turn out like her and in different ways will fall short of her hollow standards. Therapists on standby methinks.

I wish it did just take a 6 minute appointment for a diagnosis! Three appointments with the psychiatrist, two visits to the school from the OT, two appointments with the OT, one visit to the school for assesment by the ADHD specialist nurse.

No diagnosis yet, she is the youngest in her school year, we have been told to get re-referred in two years.

As much as I can't stand thrush or her opinions at least she's getting people talking about sn who aren't on mums net.

Her comments prove how much ignorance there still is and I have to admit I was totally ignorant about sn before I came on mums net so hopefully her ignorance may encourage other people to educate themselves

#getherownhouseinorderbeforeshecriticisespaulhollywoodforinfidelity

What a horrible person she is, with a face to match. Wonder what this vile person would say if she had a child with sn.

TBH Thrush knows that she lacks physical beauty. However the fact that her personality reflects this seems to have escaped her.

'On the other hand, there are children who have been diagnosed with various conditions, such as ADHD, when it is much less certain how much of the behaviour is down to bad parenting and red bull. (yes, it happens, despite what we would like to believe'

Justfor Not in the UK it doesn't. What makes you more qualified to undx than the medical professionals who dx. It takes years of observations, assessments and much of this is focussed on the parents and environmental factors to be absolutely certain to rule those out before a dx is made.

However, if there are behaviours observable in children in the UK, do you really think it is helpful to blame the parents individually? Life is tough, getting tougher. Just keeping afloat is for many only possible with 2 incomes and long hours, for some in stressful or manual jobs that leave very little resources for parenting adequately imo.

To then vilify those families that find it hard to keep up suits those who benefit most from their struggles. The current government and their tabloid friends.