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27 Jul 2017, 12:26 am

are there doctors who are able to study the brain?
if somewon has a injury and has autism how do doctors study it?
ik brain injury cant make u autistic.
my mom says theres no blood test and medical test to study autism.


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27 Jul 2017, 5:27 am

They've done MRI on my brain and read my brainwaves with EEG. But then again I have other neurological problems besides autism.



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27 Jul 2017, 9:32 am

Diagnosis is still done by combinations of observation, interview, interview with relatives/others close to the person, the precise combination depending on whether it is a child or adult being diagnosed.

Regarding study and research, brain imaging methods such as MRI and blood flow measurements(non invasive obviously) are one area of research.



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27 Jul 2017, 9:47 am

Many people who are not medical doctors also study autism.



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27 Jul 2017, 9:50 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
Many people who are not medical doctors also study autism.


True. How are you today, kraftie? :D


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27 Jul 2017, 9:58 am

I'm fine, Stampy. You sound pretty gleeful yourself :D

I hope your actual glee matches your written glee.



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27 Jul 2017, 10:17 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
I'm fine, Stampy. You sound pretty gleeful yourself :D

I hope your actual glee matches your written glee.


I am pretty gleeful today. I just became a Veteran.


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27 Jul 2017, 10:18 am

LOL...and it only took you eight days!

I think it took me a month to get to 500 posts.



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27 Jul 2017, 10:23 am

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LOL...and it only took you eight days!

I think it took me a month to get to 500 posts.


Yay! It did come at an expense though. My wrists still hurt, but I'm still typing lol :D .


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27 Jul 2017, 11:15 am

StampySquiddyFan wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
I'm fine, Stampy. You sound pretty gleeful yourself :D

I hope your actual glee matches your written glee.


I am pretty gleeful today. I just became a Veteran.

Wow, wuh? That was fast! CoOl :)



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27 Jul 2017, 11:21 am

soloha wrote:
StampySquiddyFan wrote:
kraftiekortie wrote:
I'm fine, Stampy. You sound pretty gleeful yourself :D

I hope your actual glee matches your written glee.


I am pretty gleeful today. I just became a Veteran.

Wow, wuh? That was fast! CoOl :)


Thanks! :D


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27 Jul 2017, 11:54 am

kraftiekortie wrote:
I'm fine, Stampy. You sound pretty gleeful yourself :D

I hope your actual glee matches your written glee.

i asked my mom how they were able to diagnose me.
she said they asked questions about me.
and i told her did they test my brain?
she said theres no test for autism.
and said ik but cant they do studies on me?
like just watch my mind with a mri.
and she said they cant do that.
i think they can.
so thats leads to one question.
how were they able to prove i had it?
they obv had to do something.
they couldnt just ask what behaviors and symptoms i was showing.

because brain injury can cause autism like symptoms but not autism.
they obv had to do a brain scan or something.
they had to do evidence.


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