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14 Oct 2015, 1:54 am

Imaging study demonstrates how 'social brain' areas of brain is functionally impaired in autism

Article shows what we have to deal with. Possibily useful information about Autism is often desemminated through ableist language.


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14 Oct 2015, 8:25 pm

That was really interesting.


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15 Oct 2015, 2:05 am

"Researchers say this is consistent with structural MRI findings of enlarged brain size and an overabundance of neurons in ASD, due to the fact that the synapses of neurons have not been sufficiently "pruned" as the brain develops. Too many functioning synapses inhibit cognition while requiring extra blood flow."

Correlate that with,

"A search of Harvard-affiliated hospital records failed to find many patients over the age of 55 who had been diagnosed with both Alzheimer’s and any type of autism."

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/aut ... %E2%80%99s

and you just might have an indication as to why at least some people on the spectrum seem to have reduced severity of some of their AS/ASD symptoms as they age, and why they seem to lose less cognitive abilities compared to controls as they age.
See also: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3324697/


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