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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 02:53 PM Original message |
Scientists identify gene mutation in autism |
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Lithos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. Hmmm |
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WindRavenX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 04:28 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. cognitive traits are usually polygenic traits |
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Whoa_Nelly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Some studies point to possibility re: older age fathers |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #4 |
25. This study is flawed |
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lindisfarne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 05:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. It definitely is more complicated that a single gene mutation. But the researchers clearly stated |
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BlueStorm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
2. This should be posted in the Asperger's/PDD group |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 09:31 PM Response to Original message |
6. Since It Was France, I Assume That This Regards *Actual* Autism |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 10:51 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. As a person with an ASD (Asperger's Syndrome) I find your post insulting. |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 11:26 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I Didn't Mean to Say That Asperger's Doesn't Exist! |
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TheModernTerrorist (645 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
17. this has nothing to do with IQ |
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MannyGoldstein (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:54 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. What You're Saying Does Not Disagree With What I Said n/t |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 03:37 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. The finest minds in the field have been trying to label me for years |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
20. The problem is that people associate Autism with "Rain Man." |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:55 PM Response to Reply #20 |
30. In fact, the man on whom "Rain Man" was based does not have autism. |
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Casablanca (549 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
32. IQ tests are notoriously inaccurate in measuring what they are designed to measure. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 07:35 PM Response to Reply #32 |
35. Bingo. |
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Stargazer09 (625 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 11:23 PM Response to Reply #32 |
36. You have to be able to communicate |
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bloom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 12:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
41. I don't know why you would think that people in France don't |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 10:52 PM Response to Original message |
8. I hope this shuts up the anti-vaccine nuts yapping about vaccines causing Autism. |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Dec-17-06 10:54 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Yeah me too |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
21. Why are you so hostile to the idea that mercury in shots is bad? |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
33. I never said mercury in shots is not bad |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:32 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. There is no one thing that triggers it... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 06:40 AM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Been there done that too many times |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 10:18 PM Response to Reply #40 |
44. Yeah now that the crazy parents were "yapping" about it |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 08:29 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. I wouldn't bet money onit (shutting anyone up). (NT) |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. It's not gonna shut me up.... |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:50 PM Response to Reply #24 |
34. There is no more high levels of mercury in vaccines |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. My wife still believes that |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:32 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Maybe your wife witnessed an abrupt after-shots change |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 06:07 PM Response to Reply #22 |
31. With us it was gradual |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:35 AM Response to Reply #8 |
38. "shuts up the anti-vaccine nuts" |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 12:46 AM Response to Original message |
11. i think it's probably a combination of many things... |
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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:03 PM Response to Reply #11 |
13. The best thing is that you love your son as he is. He's a lucky boy. |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:57 PM Response to Reply #13 |
27. i've always been supportive of my son's teachers |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:34 PM Response to Reply #11 |
23. I ate so many tuna sandwiches my second pregnancy! |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:05 PM Response to Reply #23 |
28. there are so many possibilities -- endless actions to regret... |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 01:37 AM Response to Reply #28 |
39. NOW they have a warning for pregnant women on the tuna |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 04:45 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. The psychologists at childrens' hospital agree with you. |
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bedazzled (584 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 05:12 PM Response to Reply #26 |
29. i never knew what aspies WERE until my son was four! |
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jsamuel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:03 PM Response to Original message |
14. so they found one gene mutation in 3 out of 200 autistic families??? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Dec-18-06 02:10 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Reread it. |
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Emillereid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 12:28 PM Response to Original message |
42. Years ago I read a journal article that suggested that some autistic children |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 10:20 PM Response to Reply #42 |
45. Yes I read studies to that effect, for instance, their hair |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Dec-19-06 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
43. my experience |
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