retained primitive reflexes in autism

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12 Mar 2012, 6:29 pm

I read that people with an ASD have retained primitive reflexes which should be "overcome" by the age of one. It was not clearly defined which they are. One example was given for a primitive reflex: a baby grabbing a finger to learn to manipulate objects.
I wonder now, what these reflexes are you retain having an ASD.

I guess I could point out one for myself, I guess it could be the echolalia I have in my brain (repeating words or phrases again) and sometimes I do it verbally as well, but not so often as I do it mentally.

Is this an example about what is meant by retained primitive reflexes in autism?

Does anyone know more about which primitive reflexes are displayed in autism and in what way and how they interrupt functioning?
Can you define retained primitive reflexes in yourself?

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12 Mar 2012, 6:42 pm

Eloa wrote:

Echolalia is not a reflex. Pls post a link to what you read. Thank you!

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12 Mar 2012, 6:43 pm

Here's the Wikipedia article on primitive reflexes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primitive_reflexes

I don't know anything about their correlation with autism. I have the Babinski sign (abnormal plantar reflex), but that's likely related to my hypertonia, as they are both caused by the same thing, upper motor neuron lesions.

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12 Mar 2012, 6:58 pm

slave wrote:

Echolalia is not a reflex. Pls post a link to what you read. Thank you!

One does have an imitationreflex in language and I would think that echolalia could count to that, as that is how a baby starts imitating language.
I am sorry I cannot post a link, because I read it in a newspaper in an article about autism and it was just a small sentence mentioning it.
So I guessed that maybe somebody here was familiar with it.

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13 Mar 2012, 4:44 am

http://www.brainhighways.com/app/webroot/img/userfiles/file/lowerbrainConnection.pdf

http://www.fernridgepress.com/article.autismapproaches.html

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13 Mar 2012, 6:03 pm

Eloa wrote:

http://www.brainhighways.com/app/webroot/img/userfiles/file/lowerbrainConnection.pdf

http://www.fernridgepress.com/article.autismapproaches.html

Thanks! I will read as energy allows.

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13 Mar 2012, 6:17 pm

My son had the cutest of all, he retained the weird motion newborns make when you touch their upper lip and they try to catch the nipple, see the one I mean? I used to have fun with this when he was 5 or 6 years old still, he was focused on something (tv for example ), i'd lightly touch his upper lip with my finger , and he'd absent-mindedly lift his head and open his mouth to "catch " it :lol:
Cute and funny....
edit: he's 10 and it's gone now, but it went on way beyond the "typical " age, which would be 0-6 months I guess.

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13 Mar 2012, 6:36 pm

slave wrote:

Eloa wrote:

http://www.brainhighways.com/app/webroot/img/userfiles/file/lowerbrainConnection.pdf

http://www.fernridgepress.com/article.autismapproaches.html

Thanks! I will read as energy allows.

Thank you. I am sure, that there are more or even better articles on this, but my energy didn't allow much research today either, but I find it an interesting matter. Though both articles are interesting, in article # 1 they also sum up other conditions as for example ADHD, Bipolar, Anorexia (!) or learning disorders also with causes in retained primitive reflexes.

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13 Mar 2012, 6:38 pm

ediself wrote:

Cute and funny....
edit: he's 10 and it's gone now, but it went on way beyond the "typical " age, which would be 0-6 months I guess.

In this articles it is explained how the retaining of this reflexes causes autistic symptoms.

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10 Oct 2012, 11:22 am

well im 24 and I have beed diagnosed with Aspergers. I am due for a second assesment to see weather or not i might have Pervasive Developmental Disorder, or some Mild form of it, I have Discalculia, Disgraphia, Dyslexia, Developmental Dyspraxia, I still havent masterd Potty training, and I still have the Startle reflex and the planter reflex wich i think is the one that makes your fat go back towards your knees i can also still squat with both my feet flat on the ground but have some sensary issues with light and sound and taste and touch, dispite all my problems im still a geek and whant to be a hardware engineer

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10 Oct 2012, 1:48 pm

My mom said I kept a lot of my reflexes longer than usual. I also have CP, though.

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