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minervx
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05 Apr 2013, 8:35 pm

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30% to 50% of people with Autism also have epilepsy, which is directly associated with Autism . Many of these people die because of their epilepsy. So in a way having Autism also caused their deaths.


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05 Apr 2013, 8:42 pm

minervx wrote:
DVCal wrote:
FACT:
30% to 50% of people with Autism also have epilepsy, which is directly associated with Autism . Many of these people die because of their epilepsy. So in a way having Autism also caused their deaths.


FACT:
67% of statistics on the internet you can't trust


73% of people know that! lol.



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06 Apr 2013, 1:52 pm

I have another scenario. Some autistic children die from drowning because they are fascinated by water. However, being fascinated by water isn't diagnostic of autism, it is only correlated to autism. Maybe it can be said that some children dies from neurodiversity?



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06 Apr 2013, 4:29 pm

daydreamer84 wrote:
minervx wrote:
DVCal wrote:
FACT:
30% to 50% of people with Autism also have epilepsy, which is directly associated with Autism . Many of these people die because of their epilepsy. So in a way having Autism also caused their deaths.


FACT:
67% of statistics on the internet you can't trust


73% of people know that! lol.


and 15% of that 73% will deny it!



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06 Apr 2013, 4:50 pm

Isn't there a form of Autism called Retts in which people do die from?

It is possible to die from epilepsy. (I was lucky I didn't) But it does depend on what you're doing what problems the seizure cause. In my case, I would vomit, luckily, I never choked on my own vomit. And in my fathers' case, he was doing something seemingly normal which could have left him seriously injured. (he was about half an hour away from finishing his shift and driving home the first time and was about to pick up a kettle of boiled water the second time)



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06 Apr 2013, 5:16 pm

Wandering_Stranger wrote:
Isn't there a form of Autism called Retts in which people do die from?

It is possible to die from epilepsy. (I was lucky I didn't) But it does depend on what you're doing what problems the seizure cause. In my case, I would vomit, luckily, I never choked on my own vomit. And in my fathers' case, he was doing something seemingly normal which could have left him seriously injured. (he was about half an hour away from finishing his shift and driving home the first time and was about to pick up a kettle of boiled water the second time)


Rett's and Autism are completely different.