Absent Genes Up Risk for Autism, Schizophrenia

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"Researchers have determined the deletion of specific genes on chromosome 17 can increase the risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and schizophrenia nearly 14-fold":
http://psychcentral.com/news/2010/11/05 ... 20572.html

Ohhhhh, this is bad!

What kind of missing gene? Is it a micro-deletion, partial deletion, or a flat-out deletion? Which arm was missing? Is the long arm deleted, the short arm, or both arms? Is this fake? Should we be concerned, or is this propaganda created by the anti-ASD groups that flaunt maligned beliefs in front of the public's ignorant eyes? I'm interested in these things. (Oh, and if there is a duplication of chromosome 17, does it produce ignorant, narrow-minded society look-alikes to the extreme?)

As far as your bio questions are related, most of them are answered in that report provided you have a textbook or better a bio-informatics program in front of you, and the ones that are not will be answered in the journal, so just ask any university library and they can probably obtain it.
I don't have said references in front of me atm, so I'll leave it to you

For some reason, the fact that I might have missing genes, bothers me.

Apparently, many of the people there also had a congenital form of diabetes, a kidney disorder, and idiopathic mental retardation...do you find something odd about that?