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19 Jun 2010, 9:56 pm

LabPet wrote:
Drop this topic - you're going nowhere. I believe you've stated your point, now move on.


:huh:

Now that's just rude. If you don't like the thread, read a different one.


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19 Jun 2010, 10:10 pm

No offense intended, MrXxx. And cool photo, Who_Am_I

However, I'd respectfully suggest we lock this thread.


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19 Jun 2010, 10:27 pm

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No offense intended, MrXxx. And cool photo, Who_Am_I

However, I'd respectfully suggest we lock this thread.


No sweat really! It's subtle, yes, but I think I see now where this could end up going, and it may not be pretty. I second your "motion" to lock the thread before it gets out of hand.


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20 Jun 2010, 9:50 am

ermm? No offense but what is the problem?

I'm lost? Just opinions on the pictures is all I was looking for.



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20 Jun 2010, 10:27 am

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ermm? No offense but what is the problem?

I'm lost? Just opinions on the pictures is all I was looking for.


I'll spell it out- an act which may get the thread locked, which would be a good thing.

Those blurry photos don't look like clinical photos. They look like personal photos. That makes it possible that they are either of you or somebody you know. Any attempt to diagnose from the photos would be unethical.



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20 Jun 2010, 1:09 pm

suppose see the point in that though Im not looking for a diagnosis just opinions

Like Michael Phelps looks kinda similar and looks a bit like a fragile x type person for example



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26 Jun 2010, 12:00 pm

this is actually very interesting. I have many times there is an autistic look. and I have equaly hear from people that I have look or I don't have the look



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26 Jun 2010, 2:26 pm

LabPet wrote:
For ex: I am an Aspie (by formal Dx). I have allergies (i.e., shellfish, etc). Guess what - Aspies (& other ASD) have a higher incidence of having alleriges. But they are in no way related. You are making a common layman's error.

For ex: I am (was - I had lasik though) very nearsighted. Guess what - Aspies do have a higher incidence, statistically, of being nearsighted. But they are in no way related.


Ehh, if allergies and nearsightedness (and a thousand other traits) are correlated with ASD, how do you know they are not related? I think you are making it easy for yourself here. Sure, there certainly is not much of causation between allergy or nearsigthedness and problems with reading facial expressions, but then there is no causation between having special interests and having problems with reading facial expressions either. In the first case, these traits are not traditionally associated with ASD, while in the second they are. Why would we relate special interests to ASDs when we don't relate allergies? In both cases there is only correlation, not causation.

To put it simply: Your model is just to simple. Traits correlated with ASDs needs to be explained, not ignored. Regardless if they are part of diagnostic criteria or not.



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02 Jul 2010, 12:09 pm

@LabPet & rdos: There is an underlying cause that has turned out to relate strong nearsightedness to other physical ailments that were previously thought to be unrelated...if you're interested, google up Sticklers Syndrome. It is a connective tissue problem. I'm unaware of any data relating it to ASDs, though.



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02 Jul 2010, 12:34 pm

DandelionFireworks wrote:
I would've liked to see an autistic typeface. Do the letters rock back and forth?


No. They kinda just keep to themselves.



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02 Jul 2010, 11:55 pm

Among all of the Asperger's and Autistic people I have met, none has this face characteristic. The only difference in facial appearance might be that we don't offer the same facial expressions upon various emotional states, the same as NT people usually would offer. So we might just look blank in the face when something exciting happens, or might grin when we hear bad news, etc. But that's not a musculoskeletal or genetic difference, as far as I know.

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