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07 May 2006, 7:18 pm

http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/05/07/cover. ... index.html

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07 May 2006, 7:42 pm

can't read the whole article, you need to be a time subscriber, I think.

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07 May 2006, 7:59 pm

This is today's, right? I'll check my mail for it.

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Autism is almost certainly, like cancer, many diseases with many distinct causes.

BAD comparison.[/quote]

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Indeed, doctors now prefer the term Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). But scientists suspect there are also distinct subtypes, including an early-onset type and a regressive type that can strike as late as age 2.

As late as age 2? I thought that was early.

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07 May 2006, 8:02 pm

Of what can be read of it.

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07 May 2006, 8:08 pm

You can read all of it on the time website, it gives you the option to sit through a short ad. Personally, I thought it was a bit pro cure side.

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07 May 2006, 8:15 pm

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/artic ... 43,00.html

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07 May 2006, 8:24 pm

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Amaral and colleague Judy Van de Water believe they are onto a major discovery about the origins of at least one type of autism--a strongly familial variety. They have detected aberrant antibodies in the blood of kids from families with a pattern of ASD and, significantly, in mothers with more than one autistic child. "These antibodies are actually raised against proteins in the fetal brain," says Amaral, who recently submitted a paper on the discovery. The working hypothesis is that these antibodies may alter brain development in ways that lead to autism. If correct, the finding could lead to a maternal blood test and the use of a therapy called plasmapheresis to clear antibodies from the mother's blood. "You get a sense of the excitement," says Amaral, "if you could prevent, say, 20% of kids from getting autism. But we don't want to raise false hopes."

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07 May 2006, 9:00 pm

As far as cures go; I believe in time all maladies will be curable. It's just a matter of a few hundred years at most.

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07 May 2006, 10:34 pm

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[...]if you could prevent, say, 20% of kids from getting autism. But we don't want to raise false hopes."

NEVER prevent autism! Human civilization will stagnate without mildly autistic people!

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07 May 2006, 10:36 pm

I really do not get this autism concept, I am me. NEver have I been autism then me, or me and autism just how I am. So it is strange to have myself considered something part of me as seperate.

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08 May 2006, 8:01 am

They did another article on autism back a few years ago, which was much better. It went about listing the causes, possible treatments, as well as talking to a family who has two autistic sons and one with AS. The older article had so much more decent information and there were also snippets from other sources in the margins. I'll see if I can find it later.

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08 May 2006, 9:17 am

I'm waiting for the old bloke who's reading it to put it back on the shelf so I can photocopy it and take it home with me (the joys of working in a reference library!)

I will have to dig back and look up the other one...however. What I found great from the little I saw already of this article was that it blatantly disproves the idea that kids with ASD are incapable of love.

A newspaper over here had a header 'loving the child that can't love you back' a few weeks ago and that upset me. It's just another example of how people do not want to look deeper than the surface of this syndrome.

So I will be chasing this one to read it fully...

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08 May 2006, 3:32 pm

Well, it's good to see they're working hard to dispel myths about autism over at time magazine isn't it? (sarcasm) :roll:

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08 May 2006, 5:34 pm

Hel wrote:

Well, it's good to see they're working hard to dispel myths about autism over at time magazine isn't it? (sarcasm) :roll:

One step at a time...

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08 May 2006, 6:45 pm

I think it's an awesome story. Of course it pertains to a child with classic autism, but I've always thought there must be a way to reach these people, and we just haven't found it yet. Can you imagine the joy such a person must feel at finally being able to communicate with those around them?

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08 May 2006, 7:04 pm

No idea..

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