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22 Mar 2009, 2:19 am
22 Mar 2009, 3:43 am
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/r ... c-children
Correction: People with autistic traits are more likley to be "highly analytical people such as scientists, engineers, physicists and mathematicians" and therefor (by all logic) have higher autistic birth rate.
It's nice to see that UK too can point out the obvious.
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22 Mar 2009, 4:45 am
I agree with you as feel often with ASD it tends to run in families to varying degrees and maybe its not that scientists more likely to have autistic children , but many of them already have traits, some sort of neurological difference themselves. After all it has been said that up to 40% of the population have neurological differences which to me comes under the bigger autism umbrella... Autism still is mysteries as the universe, but many people I know on the autism spectrum, including myself tend to have very different and deserve extended families..
22 Mar 2009, 11:24 am
22 Mar 2009, 12:50 pm
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/r ... c-children
DUH!! !
What this means is that undiagnosed Aspies are more likely to have kids who are diagnosed Aspies. Duh. And brown-eyed people usually have brown-eyed kids. I remember when my son (and I) were diagnosed, my mom sent a newspaper article from the San Jose, CA paper about the unexpectedly high incidence of Asperger's and autism among the offspring of the throngs of computer geeks in the area.
Well, duh, again! 
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22 Mar 2009, 3:59 pm
I do not need to look up, but the average norn has never interested me, I wonder why
I am so glad I drink lots because my ASD son is brilliant
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07 Jun 2011, 1:42 am
http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/r ... c-children
Correction: People with autistic traits are more likley to be "highly analytical people such as scientists, engineers, physicists and mathematicians" and therefor (by all logic) have higher autistic birth rate.
It's nice to see that UK too can point out the obvious.
I come from 3 generations of scientists, analysts and academics from the old country (on my fathers side). My father has undiagnosed Autism and so do I.
09 Jun 2011, 11:58 am
LOL! 
Doesn't surprise me.
I'm surrounded by them at work.
Oh...wait...I AM one.
The other day was walking down the hall behind a guy I've know for years and suddenly his characteristic "weird walk" clicked...another one of us. He does this kind of rhythmic arm swinging and snapping/wiggling of the fingers at the same time. I always just thought he was "exercising". LOL!
Of course I've made an effort to keep my hands still when walking now that I know..........
The bad part is if the problems continually get worse with progressive generations.
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