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22 Oct 2007, 7:23 am

Maxx wrote:
Hmm...inherited asperger's? This would fit me perfectly. My dad has it, and so do I. We're basically the same person!


Cool. Sounds sort of time-travelesque. ;-)


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22 Oct 2007, 7:25 am

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According to Fred Volkmar there is evidence that Autism comes from your dad's side. There is a direct correlation between the father having social problems or other psychological ones and the son having Autism.

I can look up the notes if you want, I have them.


Yes. Thank you. I would like to see them.


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22 Oct 2007, 6:06 pm

nominalist wrote:

Yes. Thank you. I would like to see them.


Well, apparently you can only post pictures from websites, and I don't have a webpage where I can post things in PDF format, so I'll just write them out, paraphrase, and cite the notes. One thing, there are very few slides that say anything about it, so I'll post another link to a recent study.

Fred Volkmar Notes, Page 12:

1. An MRI scan involving a child named Sam and comparing his scan to his fathers. His father's brain has some missing detail or part (Not sure exactly, this paper has notes written all over it by someone else to which I can't read the handwriting of very well :roll: ).

2. Another slide comparing the results of the intelligence tests + history. When the child was younger, the scores matched that of his fathers. With intervention his PIQ score rose to 127.

The exact numbers are:

Son--
FSIQ: 122
VIQ: 140
PIQ: 90 (This one rose with intervention)

Father--
FSIQ: 109
VIQ: 129
PIQ: 86

3. This one compares Aspergers Syndrome and regular Autism. The fact that the father had social difficulties means there may be a stronger genetic component to Asperger's Syndrome than with regular Autism (which shows VARIABLE family history).

(SOURCE: Volkmar, Fred R. "Asperger's Disorder and Autism: an Update on Understanding and Interventions." New England Educational Institute. Yale Child Study Center, New Haven, Connecticut. 12 Dec. 2006. )

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And here is a link to another study regarding paternal age and autism, another recent study: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/conten ... /63/9/1026

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Results There was a significant monotonic association between advancing paternal age and risk of ASD. Offspring of men 40 years or older were 5.75 times (95% confidence interval, 2.65-12.46; P<.001) more likely to have ASD compared with offspring of men younger than 30 years, after controlling for year of birth, socioeconomic status, and maternal age. Advancing maternal age showed no association with ASD after adjusting for paternal age. Sensitivity analyses indicated that these findings were not the result of bias due to missing data on maternal age.


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22 Oct 2007, 6:35 pm

Thank you very much. I just Googled the name of that seminar, and I see it has been offered, under that same name, in several different locations. However, no details on the contents of the seminar were provided.

I also checked Volkmar's books on Amazon, and I may order at least one of his more recent ones.

Thanks again.


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22 Oct 2007, 11:04 pm

autism is genetic yes.