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17 Jun 2012, 7:51 pm

Yep. My half-brothers are fraternal twins; one has AS, while the other is completely neurotypical.



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17 Jun 2012, 8:08 pm

Fraternal twins would have the same odds as siblings

From what I've read, identical twins are always close on the spectrum -- even when there are cases where only one is diagnosed, the other is found to have traits as well.


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17 Jun 2012, 8:19 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZcfW9g4MWo&feature=youtube_gdata_player

The girls are twins ...the blonde one has Aspergers and that is her service dog the red head is NT



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17 Jun 2012, 9:15 pm

Yes. It is very possible. I have neighbors who are identical twins and one is NT while is LFA. It seems strange to me that this is possible for identical twins, but I guess that it is a result of something developmental rather than genetic.



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18 Jun 2012, 12:38 am

littlelily613 wrote:
Yes! There is a set of twins in Ontario where one is NT and the other is LFA.


Does anyone else wanna lock them in separate rooms and do experiments on them???

"It puts the lotion on its skin!" Okay, maybe not that kind of thing, but anyhoo....


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18 Jun 2012, 11:49 am

I've never met an NT twin and an Autistic twin before, but I've met twin boys, one was NT and the other had Mental Retardation.


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18 Jun 2012, 5:49 pm

My boys both have it but they are affected very differently.

One has words and eye contact, seeks attention and approval, points to show me things. The other has poor eye contact, doesn't play appropriately with toys, has very little language skills. Doesn't stay interested in most things for very long.

I can tell they have very different personalities. I'm not sure how to pick out what is ASD and what is personality. Actually, ASD is a part of their personality - so I'm guessing that's one reason why the present differently.



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19 Jun 2012, 7:33 am

I did used to know someone who has a set of twins. The boy is LFA and the girl is NT.



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19 Jun 2012, 7:50 am

Treysar wrote:
My identical twins have autism. They were DX at Yale. I learned there that if 1 identical twin has autism the other has a 70% chance of also having it.


Yeah, I heard something similar. I heard that there is a 60% chance that the other twin has autism.


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