However, I can say that DaVinci had autism and many historical notable figures have, and that it is a paternally inherited disorder mostly. You can control it based on nutrition and eating natural foods, that’s what I do, and it really helps, your gut is your second brain, and that’s were most of your neurotransmitters get produced: ie. serotonin- which controls all else.

I don’t feel that I’m ill because of my autism. Having a strong autism supportive parent is very important. I would suggest you look at the neurexin-1 genes to see the science behind autism and Aspergers, and to look and fund Dr. Sudhof’s work on autism. It really is a genetically spliced variant of autism that leads to autism, in a way it’s evolution at work. THe offspring are really evolved humans, it’s mother nature way of adaptation. So, if the mutation is more noticeable, then it’s because the environment is requiring these adaptations for survival. This is the reason why it’s important to not heavily medicate us, I know medication for me was very painful. Small doses of THC brownies, once or twice a week help, as does talk therapy, and a nicotine patch. The autism makes our nicotinic receptors over active and the lithium-nicotine content of the nicotine patches really helps. As does caffeine. It beats medication, those side effects are horrid. I’ve tried all of them, and have been allergic to most, very very small doses of medication do help if all else fails. Dairy free, sugar free, and sticking to corn, brown rice, and mostly fiber, and low fat really really does wonders for my stomach, as does eating natural foods. Our bodies are wired differently. We’re different.

It’s ONE thing to want to share an inspiring story like Monica’s to the world because SHE is the amazing one, NOT YOU. How does making hypocrital stereotypical comments about men on Oprah’s show help your cause??

Didn’t Jim add a chapter in your little “warrior” book on that you SHOULDN’T say things like “a good man is hard to find..” Are you SERIOUS Jenny McCarthy???? “There’s not too many real men”?? Have you watched the news about these bitches abandoning their kids, and OH, let’s NOT forget the Casey Anthony ’s of the world and the numbers of these brain-dead females are GROWING. Oh and remeber YOUR wild days of the 1990’s, you bleached headed floozy??? Using your sons preposed autism to snipe at men?? Stupid bitch. You haven’t had much of a career, you act like some hyper-active moron anyway, now you can basicly add outright IDIOT. Of course we all know how stupid that brown bean-bag Oprah is, the ONLY decent thing she’s done is endorse Obama.

All mom’s are “warriors” huh?? Well, someone tell the Casey Anthonys of the world ” it’s ok to kill your kid because Jenny’s dumb ass supports you!”

Oh, OF COURSE I can’t forget these self-centered so-called “independent” materialistic gold-digging females who only want to be with a man when he’s got MONEY and use their bodies to minipulate and get what they want crying like Jenny about a “good man” then dogging him out at her leasure.

Way to go Jenny McCarthy you’re still a worthless fake hypocritical nobody.

This woman at work, late 40’s. She had heart issues as a child. I guess she still has some cardiac issues. While we all love her, she’s one of those people you avoid striking up conversation with because she’ll go on and on. One day, it hit me like a ton of bricks…she’s AS!! Undiagnosed, I’m sure…but it’s there.

Beyond that, I don’t give a whit about whether or not Jenny is or is not autistic. Even if she is, I doubt she *suffers* from it.

Cliff

Anyway, echoing another poster, if the spectrum is defined broadly enough, everyone is on it. I “tuned out” of mainstream media starting about 1990-1995, so I really don’t know much of Jenny from “direct” observation. However, it takes a certain kind of warped personality to stand directly in that bright a publicity spotlight for that long, certainly less than 1 in 150 do so.

My favorite quote on life in general comes from Kim Peek (the real Rain Man): “Everybody is different.” Hearing that from him puts a big kink in the underlying fabric of the “all men are created equal” society.