Abused women more likely to have an autistic child

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17 Apr 2013, 5:03 pm

Nope. My mom wasn't abused. Yes she did live a third class life but once she moved to the United States she was more the outspoken one in my family. Near killed my dad once because she was mad at him for bringing some junk home.

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17 Apr 2013, 5:38 pm

Cinnamon wrote:

I don't know if this has already been posted. I couldn't find it on this forum.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 212818.htm

Apparently, researchers have found that women who were abused as children are more likely to give birth to an autistic child than women who have not been abused. What are your thoughts? It seems a bit odd to me.

I wonder if they tested the mothers for autism.
A child with autism could well be more at risk of being abused than non-autistic kids.
So autistic women are more likely to have been abused as a child, and also more likely to give birth to an autistic child.
Not saying that is the case, or that is what explains these findings, but it is a possibility and it should be considered.

That seems like utter nonsense. Especially considering that autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder (I think... Isn't that right? It's something like that). Anyway, I don't understand how there could possibly be a correlation between mothers being abused and children having autism. I personally think your suggestion is much more plausible. Especially since having autism can definitely lead to more misunderstandings. My grandfather has aspergers (though undiagnosed), my mother has it, I have it, and so does my older brother. I personally think it is genetic and environmental factors determine the severity of it.

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17 Apr 2013, 6:45 pm

This makes me wonder exactly how much of the parents memory is expressed in the genes being inherited by a child? Take for example, my grandfather was the child of a malignant narcissist and his child, my mom, has literally been afraid of men since she left the womb among signs of aspergers. Her mother was definitely abused as a child, being a british orphan during wwii, and one of her two children has aspergers - To be fair my uncle on my dads side has an aspergers kid.

Its the being deathly afraid of men that stumps me, since theres no other explanation for it but genetics...

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17 Apr 2013, 6:53 pm

CharlieSheen wrote:

This makes me wonder exactly how much of the parents memory is expressed in the genes being inherited by a child?

Where people get the concept of genetic memory wrong is in the misunderstanding that it only happens in singular organisms and is not passed down from one generation to the next - that is, the incidents and accidents of one person's life do not get stored in the DNA of gamete cells to be passed on to the progeny. Immunology is a perfect example: one person's antibodies will remember what diseases it has received or been inoculated against. If genetic memory worked the way that pseudo-scientists wanted it to, then children would never (or rarely) succumb to chicken pox or need vaccinations, because their ancestors would have already passed along immunity to disease over the millions of years of human evolution!

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17 Apr 2013, 7:58 pm

Fnord wrote:

CharlieSheen wrote:

This makes me wonder exactly how much of the parents memory is expressed in the genes being inherited by a child?

Okay, genetic memory finally makes sense. Previously, I had thought it nothing but a bunch of pseudo-scientific hokum.

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17 Apr 2013, 9:31 pm

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Okay, genetic memory finally makes sense...

That seems to be what I do best here - make sense out of pseudo-scientific hokum.

On second though ... it's irritate people, and make sense out of pseudo-scientific hokum.

No, wait ... it's post funny pictures, irritate people, and make sense out of pseudo-scientific hokum.

Come to think of it ... it's make lists, post funny pictures, irritate people, and make sense out of pseudo-scientific hokum.

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17 Apr 2013, 10:09 pm

Well, my Dad was kind of abusive due to his PTSD - we know he tries though XD.

Although; I'm not sure if it's enough information; if the rate is actually 60%, more research will be needed.

But, I'm kind of hoping it's not true - as both me and my girlfriend are on the spectrum; if we ever have kids a fellow Aspie would be preferred - although the thought of abusing the love of my life is a nightmare I would rather remove from all points of existence.

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