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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why is there no TREATMENT?! |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2019, 1:05 pm
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| There's "no evidence" only because the cure doesn't yet exist. By the same token, there's also "no evidence" that a "cure" WON'T have very bad side-effects.But it pretty obviously WOULD change us very profoundly. How could it NOT do that? People underestimate how much ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Why is there no TREATMENT?! |
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Posted: 01 Sep 2019, 7:52 am
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| Sorry you feel that way justin101. The simple answer to your question is numbers effected. Autism used to be a rare condition that few people knew about until the movie Rainman. Its been 70 years or so since the term autism was invented and it wasnt until 5 years ago in 2014 that scientists first ex... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Neurotypical Privilege |
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Posted: 30 Aug 2019, 11:05 am
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| Alot gets mentioned about civil rights in autism but not really any specifics about what is wanted and how that differs from general disability rights?? Some see autism as an identity others do not and are against such an idea. Some are against a cure or research for treatments others are suicidally... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "Autism" definition wars thread |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 29 Aug 2019, 9:55 am
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Replies: 33
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| I meant to type neurological but it got cut off on my phone small screen. Its only referred to as neurodevelopmental" as the "developmental" bit refers to the fact thats its usually diagnosed in early childhood. The big question is are these rooms unbuilt or simply blocked off. The an... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: "Autism" definition wars thread |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2019, 12:59 pm
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| Autism is simply a name given to neurologic deficits seen first in childhood. Thats it. If the brain was a huge building with many rooms, each one with a function, i.e speech, then some of those rooms would be unbuilt. In fact theres probably thousands of rooms and most people have some unbuilt, so ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: List25's 25 Famous People With Asperger Syndrome |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 28 Aug 2019, 9:40 am
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Replies: 18
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| Just wild speculation even wishful thinking by many. Unless an adult has been officialy diagnosed like Temple Grandin then they dont have ASD. Many people have odd personality sides and special / pedantic interests, but remain largely neurotypical in nature. Poor old Bill Gates keeps getting mention... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Porn performer with AS? |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 27 Aug 2019, 7:36 am
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Many attractive girls get bullied by other girls out of jealousy, i doubt the boys would join in and bully her for obvious reasons.
Maybe she has BAP or light aspergers? |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Simon Baron Cohen on heterogeneity and neurodiversity |
| carlos55 |
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Posted: 25 Aug 2019, 5:19 am
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Replies: 40
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| Why is it that BAP (broad autism phenotype) rarely gets mentioned? This is a huge blind spot! Many of the historical figures mentioned earlier and present day individuals like bill gates for example probably just had/have BAP. BAP isnt a disability but ASD nearly always is. The presence of BAP in on... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Chris Packham - being called disabled is “abominable insult” |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2019, 4:50 pm
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Replies: 36
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| Somewhat off topic: Is the person that you know severe intellectual disability and pain caused by autism or is a co existing condition? I am not being facetious I don’t know and nobody else really does either. Unfortunately, I’ve never met him, his mother is a work colleague of my wife, she doesn’t... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Chris Packham - being called disabled is “abominable insult” |
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Posted: 19 Aug 2019, 7:45 am
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| Unfortunatly not surprised by what he said, there was a TV documentry on him here in the UK few months back. It was not only about himself and his life, but was typical aspie led ND propaganda, steve silverman ex wired man, had his say, commenting "autism should never be cured", presumerbl... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Case against ND movement’s brain wiring argument |
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Posted: 18 Aug 2019, 4:15 am
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| What the article is referring to is the constilation of hundreds, posible thousands of genes involved in autism. There are many multiple genes involved in many medical disorders but the disorder is largly the same, in autism its a spectrum of severity. As our knowledge of genetics increases we will ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Case against ND movement’s brain wiring argument |
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Posted: 17 Aug 2019, 6:07 pm
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| ASD is a spectrum disorder of the brain, its called a spectrum disorder because symptoms can range from almost undetectable to severe. When you consider something effecting the function of the brain with all its different executive functions with a spectrum of severity, then factoring the different ... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Case against ND movement’s brain wiring argument |
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Posted: 15 Aug 2019, 12:24 pm
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| 1. I could give an opinion on how all these recent advances could work but it would be an unqualified one and highly speculative. 2. With full respect to you and your opinion as far as im aware your not qualified or a leader in the field of neuroscience / genetics so simply saying its impossible to ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Torn between being pro and anti-neurodiversity |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2019, 10:01 am
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Replies: 16
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| Ive mentioned previously on another post i dont believe there will be a total cure soon. What there may be potentially however in the near future is treatment / drugs that help an autistic individual function more independently. There are hardly any cures for any mental medical disorders schizophren... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: Case against ND movement’s brain wiring argument |
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Posted: 14 Aug 2019, 3:39 am
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| The "different wiring" "different operating system" explanation is simply a popular laymans interpretation that doesnt apply to biology. The simple truth is science doesnt fully know the mechanics behind what causes autism and how an autistic brain differs from a NT one. There ha... |
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Forum: Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation Topic: The current state of the autistic rights movement |
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Posted: 13 Aug 2019, 7:58 am
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Replies: 38
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| Just to clarify my main two objections with bringing identity politics into a neurological condition: 1. The name "diversity" can mean different things to different people which causes alot of confusion, neurodiversity is an idea rather than a centrally controlled direction so nobody has c... |
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