Yesterday’s Pathophilia reviews a group of studies (two by Mark and David Geier) about testosterone levels in autistic children. Pathophilia finds that testoterone is not increased in autistic children.
The Cambridge-based Autism Research Centre is also researching hormones in autistic individuals. The Foetal testosterone Longitudinal Study seeks to find out whether elevated levels of foetal testosterone are associated with a later diagnosis of autism spectrum conditions. The Current hormones Project is looking at whether current hormone levels might also be atypical in autism and Asperger Syndrome. And another project is looking specifically at puberty.
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The epic comment thread (as one long-time reader put it) about Adam Race and the parish of St. Joseph’s rages on. Goes without saying that it’ll be of more than a little interest when a hearing is held in June. But back to a legal, autism-related matter of a different kind:
Yes, the proceedings in the Autism Omnibus, aka “vaccine court.” Week 2 of the hearing just finished. Two 10-year-old autistic boys, William Mead and Jordan King, are serving as the test case to determine whether or not some 4900 families should be compensated: These families have all filed claims …read more