Surrounded as I am with autistic spectrum disorders (Hubby is Aspergers, nephew is severe autistic, godson is mild/moderate autistic), any developments in the field catches my attention. This study indicates that every case of autism has a highly individual genetic cause, making a universal genetic test hard, to say the least.
This actually jives with what I've observed - that autism is a catch all diagnosis for a bunch of disparate disorders with common symptoms. Why else would one kid respond to therapy but another doesn't, when both have similar symptoms?
Interesting thoughts, to say the least.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Interesting development on autism
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