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Our focus is primarily on biomedical issues, including nutritional deficiencies, heavy metal toxicity, and bacterial/yeast overgrowths in the gut. However, we strongly recommend that a combination of biomedical, behavioral, therapy, and educational interventions be used to best help children and adults with autism spectrum disorder.

Also, Prof. Adams serves as the President of the Greater Phoenix Chapter of the Autism Society of America.


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sorry if someone has already posted

Boooooo!

Is this intended to mean something to me other than my kittens name?

Curebie

He doesn't like that the goal of this study is to "prevent autism" but he's coming across the wrong way. Personal attacks aren't permitted.

Sorry, Alex

sorry, eScential

No Problem
I was curious and my curiosity is satisfied, content, not feeling attacked
I was thinking Boo like my kitten - ghosts sneaking up behind me and scaring me catagory
So I learned and like to learn

Yeah, I can see how it would be offensive and did not mean to be. Thanks for the viewpoint.

I don't want to be 'cured' and certainly not prevented, nor my son prevented because we were born as G-d intended and here for a reason. I don't want to be programmed into a play acting normal (except when choose to act) or have my brain's way of processing squished into another mold.

My nephew is one of the those who regressed after vaccinations and his parents believe that is the cause. I know he was born autistic, but it may have become more of a handicap from something in the vaccine (they are full of possible nasties) or his mother's and his sugar diet or whatever environmental toxin like shampoos or toys from China.

So I support research for causes and ways to ameliorate CAUSED autism, not born the wayd G-d intended. (Finding genes to blame scares me) And I would definitely like to know ways to function better than I do. (wishing for a shot of MB12)

If we are poisoning children, If we can improve quality of life, It should be investigated.
Someone may be interested in it and that's all I thought when posting.

I can see your point, however many of us here are of the belief that AS and Autism are caused by genes, which seems the most logical explanation, given that you can have lines of families that are Autist/Aspie and that it has a prominence to be in males over females.

To me at least, the only environmental cause of it is stress brought on by others for not understanding it and not able to comprehend and/or cope that a person can think differently. This actually is what causes stress and depression, which is why a good portion of us are depressed as well. It's because the world around us can't be bothered to accept us.

Curiously enough, this is exactly the reason why some of us would want to be cured; to fit in, and I don't hold that against them as it is their decision. Often it can be such that the person with AS/Autism is afflicted enough that it does look like the handicap that CAN would have people believe is the case with all Autists, and that to me would be a reason to consider the cure, if there is one at all.

thanks for the reply. I understand your viewpoint on everything except your accepting the party line on more males having Asperger's autism. That distortion has caused more of that stress you mentioned because society refuses females the diagnosis. They are labeled bipolar and borderline among other labels and accused even more than ever imputing skills they cannot comprehend much less use. I fought for three years after learning what it was to get diagnosed. I was universally told females are not diagnosed with Asperger's and too intelligent to be Kanner's autism. Estrogen increases cross linkages in the brain and allows a varied expression in females. I was lucky to have parents to confirm childhood diagnosis, but still not allowed to say I am anything but ASD and not allowed disability because not diagnosed (on a paper)in childhood. I am not anything but a subject to be drugged out of existance. I even get prejudice from aspies. I an tolerant of many views. Maybe because of some extra estrogen or hard work to accept exceptions.

I see your point there, thanks for that.

And I get what you mean too. Should have thought a few more seconds before posting that.

I don't think life would be much fun if we think too much
However I am thinking we are about to hear more about
the misdiagnosis of females-rumblings around

*scream*?

Escential--

There have already been major studies, and millions of dollars spent, in the U.S. and in Europe, not to mention other nations, that have shown consistently that there is no connection between heavy metals poisoning, vaccines, or anything in vaccines at the current time and ASD's. There have also been several meta-studies showing the same thing. It has also been shown that G.I. tract issues are no more or less in the autistic population as well, and that those issues are not part of an autistic syndrome.

So, my concern is--why reinvent the wheel? What's needed is holding school districts and politicians responsible for making sure that there are appropriate and effective therapies and aides for those in schools and to come up with pre-school programs for toddlers, and more intense programs for those who will need it, and possibly 24 hour programs that are safe, parent friendly, and supportive for the most severe cases. Check out the NIMH site to see what studies are being done, or contact those institutions who have full programs for ASDs and see what they are doing.

As for women and ASDs...I agree with you there. We are being dx as lots of things besides AS or autistic...bpd, npd, mpd, anorexic, avoidant...until we get the genetic test to dx ASD's , we won't know the true numbers. In fact, the most recent numbers put males to females with Asperger's closer to 2-1, or less than 2 to 1.

Time will tell.

It was actually my previous belief that male Aspies outweighed females Aspies which led to the decision of Kipo, the central Aspie character in my story, to be a girl. She was a guy until I 'found out'. Funny how life goes.