Am I Aspergerous?

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Hate to break it to you, introvert, but head size has nothing to do with autism - that study is one using limited situational evidence and anectdotes.

Never mind. It was just a thought - after seeing some random video on Youtube.

Take a look if you fancy. Other studies listed under 'more info'.

The top video on Youtube after searching 'autism large head'.

I have read that larger head size is common with ASDs. It isn't a guaranteed indictation but it has some validity.

UK!! ! WOOP WOOP!! ! nah but it does sound aspie

isn't the 2nd to 4th digit ratio more of an indicator of autism than a large head...?

No, I mean was your head literally too big to pass through the birth canal?

A large head could also mean hydrocephaly.

imnot convinced AS is a different species. i am convincd it is a different race.
like blacks, asians, indians, dwarves, tall people...etc.

all the same species but a different race within that species.....the emergence of a new race?

yes..absolutely.

Ah, yes, but we all know what damage people can cause with some potential validity. Having teeth and toes is also common with Aspergers, and neurotypicals have big heads. If the big-headed aspie population was disproportianately larger than that of other people, it might have some validity - but otherwise, I view it with as a theory narrow sighted enough to earn pity.

true enough. It does amount to fingers and toes. Most people have a head.

Actually - politics aside - they are the same thing, only different expressions, levels, distinctions and scale. Hence the infighting - where within that spectrum does a particular creature fit, by what standards? Incidentally, the autism mutation is a greater divergence than between races. Which is why the gene affects all races equally; even if apparently more prevalent in some - ROE, perhaps... But it affects so-called "non-superficial" genes - mostly. Which is why aspergers don't immediatly appear different. Genetics are fun.

autism is highly heritable, i agree, but genes alone are not enough to explain pattrn of heritability.

in pairs of identical twins where one twin has autism, the other is affected only 60% of the time at most.


according to Casanova ( university of louisville , kentucky)

autism may arise from a combination of a genetic predispostion and an undetermined environmental trigger that combines with a genetic vulnerability. there could be a window of vulnerability and the timing of the insult is of great importance.

try frontiers in neuroscience vol .1 p.77

I think I should point out genes can actually be enough to result in autism; genetic presence is not a gaurantee of hereditability, but unfortunately the common misinterpretation of basic genetic principle leads many to believe if a trait is not present than genetics cannot be involved... Truth is, I've yet to hear a credible account of these so-called environmentally triggered autistics. It's unlikely, and I rule it out temporarily. There's just too little evidence and too much emotion behind the theory, for now. More likely specific interacting gene sequences from one parent with "dormant" autism gene. That accounts for variance within the spectrum.

But, again, enough of this - off topic for the thread.

I hate asparagus; it's far too mushy.

It's great lightly steamed or uncooked!

They said something similar about pumpkin and sweet potato. They didn't attempt to do such with me again.