Comments on: Autism Genetics http://www.blisstree.com/articles/autism-genetics/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Fri, 25 Dec 2009 04:37:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Andrew Lehman http://www.blisstree.com/articles/autism-genetics/comment-page-1/#comment-569555 Andrew Lehman Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:40:41 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=26#comment-569555 Hi, Please consider visiting http://www.neoteny.org/?cat=7 to review a unique and unorthodox theory for the cause of autism. There are three related reasons for autism and Asperger's, with an explanation for why females only evidence the condition a fourth of the time. Thank you, Andrew Lehman Hi,

Please consider visiting http://www.neoteny.org/?cat=7 to review a unique and unorthodox theory for the cause of autism.

There are three related reasons for autism and Asperger’s, with an explanation for why females only evidence the condition a fourth of the time.

Thank you,

Andrew Lehman

]]> By: Genetics and Health » Multiple Genes for Autism http://www.blisstree.com/articles/autism-genetics/comment-page-1/#comment-567302 Genetics and Health » Multiple Genes for Autism Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:57:39 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=26#comment-567302 [...] In the latest autism genetics study of 169 families having at least two siblings with autism, researchers have found a way to distinguish between two types of autism–male versus female and early versus late onset–that will hopefully help target more effective intervention because even within one disease, there will be heterogeneity in symptoms and response to treatment. They’ve also found evidence that an gene involved in autism is somewhere on chromosome 7 and possibly on chromosomes 3, 4 and 11. (See this previous post listing the chromosomes implicated in autism up to last year.) [...] [...] In the latest autism genetics study of 169 families having at least two siblings with autism, researchers have found a way to distinguish between two types of autism–male versus female and early versus late onset–that will hopefully help target more effective intervention because even within one disease, there will be heterogeneity in symptoms and response to treatment. They’ve also found evidence that an gene involved in autism is somewhere on chromosome 7 and possibly on chromosomes 3, 4 and 11. (See this previous post listing the chromosomes implicated in autism up to last year.) [...]

]]> By: Lei http://www.blisstree.com/articles/autism-genetics/comment-page-1/#comment-566138 Lei Wed, 25 May 2005 12:54:34 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=26#comment-566138 Thanks for the comment, Krissy. I was expecting people to bash me for not backing the thimerosal theory all the way. <br /> <br /> Autism is indeed a worrisome disorder and you can bet I'm concerned about it too. It's even more frustrating because no one can really pinpoint the risk of the disease because of fuzzy case diagnoses and population ascertainment.<br /> <br /> One thing's for certain, we ARE probably going to wake up one morning and our sons won't want to look at us because they'll be teenagers someday! Thanks for the comment, Krissy. I was expecting people to bash me for not backing the thimerosal theory all the way.

Autism is indeed a worrisome disorder and you can bet I’m concerned about it too. It’s even more frustrating because no one can really pinpoint the risk of the disease because of fuzzy case diagnoses and population ascertainment.

One thing’s for certain, we ARE probably going to wake up one morning and our sons won’t want to look at us because they’ll be teenagers someday!

]]> By: Krissy http://www.blisstree.com/articles/autism-genetics/comment-page-1/#comment-565963 Krissy Wed, 25 May 2005 12:07:42 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/?p=26#comment-565963 This is such a loaded issue. First there's the genetic factor, which parents feel guilty about. Then the undefined single or multiple environmental factors, which parents worry about but often can't control.<br /> <br /> There is some theory that says that as the number of autism diagnoses go up, the number of mentally ill diagnoses goes down correspondingly. That we aren't actually seeing a rise in the number of autism cases, just more accurate diagnoses of the illness.<br /> <br /> I'll tell you what, one way or another it keeps me awake at night. I check Charlie for eye contact and developmental stuff all the time, and as I do I know that it's often completely futile. We're giving him his vaccinations, holding off on the MMR, and hoping that he doesn't encounter too much mercury or need extensive rounds of antibiotics.<br /> <br /> I hope they find an early marker for autism soon, so that parents know what they're in for. It's nerve wracking to think that one day I may wake up and my baby won't want to look at me. This is such a loaded issue. First there’s the genetic factor, which parents feel guilty about. Then the undefined single or multiple environmental factors, which parents worry about but often can’t control.

There is some theory that says that as the number of autism diagnoses go up, the number of mentally ill diagnoses goes down correspondingly. That we aren’t actually seeing a rise in the number of autism cases, just more accurate diagnoses of the illness.

I’ll tell you what, one way or another it keeps me awake at night. I check Charlie for eye contact and developmental stuff all the time, and as I do I know that it’s often completely futile. We’re giving him his vaccinations, holding off on the MMR, and hoping that he doesn’t encounter too much mercury or need extensive rounds of antibiotics.

I hope they find an early marker for autism soon, so that parents know what they’re in for. It’s nerve wracking to think that one day I may wake up and my baby won’t want to look at me.

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