I was treated for my autism today and I loved it :D

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Fragile X is actually fairly common. It might be the second most common known cause of intellectual disability, next to Down Syndrome. It should be noted that a particular "cause," most of the time, is not found within people with intellectual disability.

Autism is a part of some people with Fragile X; the prevalence of autism with Fragile X has been estimated at between 15 and 60 percent.

There are other genetic disorders which have autism as a symptom. It's not the autism that causes variances in facial structure--it's the other genetic disorder.

Which thing is this tale?

A put-on?

Or a true story?

I thought I was getting a fact slap down! But then I looked it up and no, I was right and you were wrong. (imagine that in a sing song voice.) I love being right.

"Conservative estimates report that fragile X syndrome affects approximately 1 in 2500-4000 males and 1 in 7000-8000 females. The prevalence of female carrier status has been estimated to be as high as 1 in 130-250 population; the prevalence of male carrier status is estimated to be 1 in 250-800 population."

The discrepancy happens because its relatively common to carry the genetic code for fragile X, but not express the syndrome. So you have the gene but its not actively causing the disorder.

That fragile X is very common among genetic factors in intellectual disability doesn't mean all that much, since very few disorders are confirmed to be genetic. Autism, for example, is suspected to be strongly genetic. But there is no autism gene. Its not seen as a genetic disorder. Its rare as heck to have any clear genetic explanation for intellectual disability. I didn't do an exhaustive search for this one, but they don't take into account trisomy 21 (down syndrome). I'm guessing its a point of grammar, as Down S. is at least as commonly expressed as fragile X, as far as I'm aware. (Maybe there are a larger portion of fragile x-ers who don't need services and therefore wouldn't stand out to me as a special educator?)

All right, "fairly common" might not be quite accurate---but it's not the rarest thing in the world.

It is pretty well-known, and information is abundant on the Internet.

Obviously, autism is not caused by a single gene; there are many causes of it.

Notice that I said there is no known cause for most intellectual disability?

The plastic surgeon wants money and patients to practice on. He will agree with you but that's not true in reality.

People are currently looking into these things (as well as brain scans I believe), and if there is something to it then it might open up new avenues of autism research as if a physical characteristic of autism can be found then the genes responsible could also be found and new connections\research\treatment could come from that. Of course it could just turn out to be the modern-day phrenology, but that's what science is. You let them conduct research and see if their ideas hold water and if they don't that's the end of that, and if they do then who knows. Science!

Can I see the before and after pictures please? Prove or it didn't happen.

Btw you treated your face and ability to breathe you didn't get autism treated dumbass

Biggest steaming pile of sh*t I've ever seen!

Come on. We want to see the photos

Sock puppet, has been despatched.