25 Mar 2007, 2:39 pm
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25 Mar 2007, 2:45 pm
SteveK wrote:
aspiebegood wrote:
Diagnosis have increased greatly in recent years so we only have outdated ratios.
I suspect we are getting closer to having a genetic test for autism and AS. Right now there are probably many different cognative disfunctions grouped under the autism umbrella. For instance, some autistics are discovered within a family history of autism, where others are diagnosed autistic after such complications as brain damage at birth.
My guess is that after better genetic testing of autism the ratios will be about 1 in 115, and AS will be about 1 in 10,000. Remember, since AS is one subgroup of spectrum disorder within the larger group of autistic spectrum disorders so AS, by definition, cannot appear in a higher ratio of the population than are autistics in general (which include AS).
I suspect we are getting closer to having a genetic test for autism and AS. Right now there are probably many different cognative disfunctions grouped under the autism umbrella. For instance, some autistics are discovered within a family history of autism, where others are diagnosed autistic after such complications as brain damage at birth.
My guess is that after better genetic testing of autism the ratios will be about 1 in 115, and AS will be about 1 in 10,000. Remember, since AS is one subgroup of spectrum disorder within the larger group of autistic spectrum disorders so AS, by definition, cannot appear in a higher ratio of the population than are autistics in general (which include AS).
Even THAT leaves 600,000! Maybe everyone will get diagnosed when they DO have a test. That would be neat.
Steve
Yeah. Then they'd cure us...
25 Mar 2007, 8:20 pm
25 Mar 2007, 10:12 pm
cellogirl42 wrote:
SteveK wrote:
aspiebegood wrote:
Diagnosis have increased greatly in recent years so we only have outdated ratios.
I suspect we are getting closer to having a genetic test for autism and AS. Right now there are probably many different cognative disfunctions grouped under the autism umbrella. For instance, some autistics are discovered within a family history of autism, where others are diagnosed autistic after such complications as brain damage at birth.
My guess is that after better genetic testing of autism the ratios will be about 1 in 115, and AS will be about 1 in 10,000. Remember, since AS is one subgroup of spectrum disorder within the larger group of autistic spectrum disorders so AS, by definition, cannot appear in a higher ratio of the population than are autistics in general (which include AS).
I suspect we are getting closer to having a genetic test for autism and AS. Right now there are probably many different cognative disfunctions grouped under the autism umbrella. For instance, some autistics are discovered within a family history of autism, where others are diagnosed autistic after such complications as brain damage at birth.
My guess is that after better genetic testing of autism the ratios will be about 1 in 115, and AS will be about 1 in 10,000. Remember, since AS is one subgroup of spectrum disorder within the larger group of autistic spectrum disorders so AS, by definition, cannot appear in a higher ratio of the population than are autistics in general (which include AS).
Even THAT leaves 600,000! Maybe everyone will get diagnosed when they DO have a test. That would be neat.
Steve
Yeah. Then they'd cure us...
#1 it is NOT POSSIBLE!
#2 We'd be a force to be reckoned with!
The only problem is abortions. I don't even know where I stand on some things. I mean the WORST LFA could even seem like a vegetable, but who knows what is going on behind the scenes? Who knows HOW that person will be next year. On the one hand, it looks like an abortion would have done that person a favor, on the other hand, it could be a disservice to even humanity itself. I should have figured certain things that I never gave much thought to made me different. I have even heard parents talk about that stare, and act all afraid, etc... All that even though it may even have a therapeutic effect on the child.
I guess parents should try to think about, and prepare for, the worst circumstance, and let things be.
Steve
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26 Mar 2007, 9:58 am
SteveK wrote:
cellogirl42 wrote:
SteveK wrote:
aspiebegood wrote:
Diagnosis have increased greatly in recent years so we only have outdated ratios.
I suspect we are getting closer to having a genetic test for autism and AS. Right now there are probably many different cognative disfunctions grouped under the autism umbrella. For instance, some autistics are discovered within a family history of autism, where others are diagnosed autistic after such complications as brain damage at birth.
My guess is that after better genetic testing of autism the ratios will be about 1 in 115, and AS will be about 1 in 10,000. Remember, since AS is one subgroup of spectrum disorder within the larger group of autistic spectrum disorders so AS, by definition, cannot appear in a higher ratio of the population than are autistics in general (which include AS).
I suspect we are getting closer to having a genetic test for autism and AS. Right now there are probably many different cognative disfunctions grouped under the autism umbrella. For instance, some autistics are discovered within a family history of autism, where others are diagnosed autistic after such complications as brain damage at birth.
My guess is that after better genetic testing of autism the ratios will be about 1 in 115, and AS will be about 1 in 10,000. Remember, since AS is one subgroup of spectrum disorder within the larger group of autistic spectrum disorders so AS, by definition, cannot appear in a higher ratio of the population than are autistics in general (which include AS).
Even THAT leaves 600,000! Maybe everyone will get diagnosed when they DO have a test. That would be neat.
Steve
Yeah. Then they'd cure us...
#1 it is NOT POSSIBLE!
#2 We'd be a force to be reckoned with!
The only problem is abortions. I don't even know where I stand on some things. I mean the WORST LFA could even seem like a vegetable, but who knows what is going on behind the scenes? Who knows HOW that person will be next year. On the one hand, it looks like an abortion would have done that person a favor, on the other hand, it could be a disservice to even humanity itself. I should have figured certain things that I never gave much thought to made me different. I have even heard parents talk about that stare, and act all afraid, etc... All that even though it may even have a therapeutic effect on the child.
I guess parents should try to think about, and prepare for, the worst circumstance, and let things be.
Steve
I was talking to a girl who had a brother who was HFA. I didn't tell her I was AS, and I could not believe it when she started talking about how she wants to go into science to come up with a test that tells if a fetus is autistic, so that it can be aborted.
This coming from a staunch pro-life catholic.
26 Mar 2007, 10:54 am
