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04 Jun 2014, 9:20 am

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Hypothesises on ASD have to include all, including those with severe forms. Your cherry picking off one end of the spectrum, which makes it invalid.


No, we have no idea if our category of 'autism' is actually biologically meaningful. If we look at the known causes of autism (which together account for only a small minority of autistics), some of those conditions only cause low functioning autism, and some only higher functioning autism. So it's certainly plausible to think of a cause for HFA that isn't involved in LFA.


Your right, we don't know either way for the mass of people on the spectrum. They currently all however are linked diagnostically as possessing ASD and described as all being on one spectrum.

There may be subcategories, but right now only a very few fit into those, with rarer conditions. What the OP is suggesting is pure hypothesis and without any factual support. A common enough error, this fishing for superiority despite all evidence being to the contrary.



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05 Jun 2014, 12:30 pm

What I think of the cause of my ASD is the wrong sperm got into the egg.


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10 Jun 2014, 6:09 am

I honestly feel that I am now fully able to answer this question:

It's caused by a lack of Gamma-Amniobutyiric Acid (GABA) which is produced by the synthesis of Nicotinic Acetylcholine at the Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Site. In other words, a deficiency in the neurotransmitter, Acetylcholine, combined with a deficiency in the Calcium Gateway Inhibitors within the Central Nervous System.

Do I get my 'Nobel Prize' yet? *jks*



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10 Jun 2014, 6:43 am

I am just going to self-indulge moar...

Not only can the condition be attributed to a lack of the neurotransmitter, Acetylcholine leading to the depletion of stores of GABA, but GABA is also produced by the body's absorption (or malabsorption) of an Amino-Acid called L-Glutamate.

L-Glutamate is the biological precursor to the formation of GABA, and seeing as how Neurotransmitters ARE proteins and proteins are constructed from Amino Acids....it goes to follow.

The body's inability to digest and assimilate L-Glutamate and make that Neurotransmitter can also be a cause.

I found these stories whilst looking for 'support' for all my crazy theories:
http://www.ageofautism.com/2011/03/auti ... -cure.html
http://dogtorj.com/g-a-r-d/foods-to-avo ... -to-enjoy/

It would definitely explain why instances of Autism Spectrum Disorders are on the rise...



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10 Jun 2014, 7:19 am

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11706102

Okay, that's enough now, but between these few posts and this thread:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt260903.html

I've said enough for today.