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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Important New New Research Article on Autism Genetic Marker |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012, 10:23 pm
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Replies: 16
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| What if it turns out there are many people in our society who appear completely neurotypical and don't have any of the downsides of Asperger's or autism ... and yet have the genetic markers? Is it possible that for some people the aspie thing is an advantage that helps them get ahead, and they have... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Important New New Research Article on Autism Genetic Marker |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012, 8:12 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Well I am glad you understand it was not about testing a fetus. There are several data bases of genetic information that scientists use to do basic research. Right now we don't know enough about autism genetics to develop a prenatal test but i suppose it is inevitable that the medical profession wil... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Important New New Research Article on Autism Genetic Marker |
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Posted: 24 Sep 2012, 4:39 pm
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Replies: 16
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| A Genetic Theory of Neurodiversity Thesis: The implication of so many genes successfully interacting among a great variety of biochemical pathways suggests there exists a yet undiscovered "master regulatory element" within the human genome. This regulatory element coordinates and controls the devel... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is ADHD/ADD considered to be on the autism spectrum? |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2012, 2:54 pm
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Replies: 47
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| I think a lot of aspies were initially diagnosed ADD or ADHD and later received autie/aspie diagnoses. That happened for both my son and me and also for the daughter of a family friend. I believe I have both but there is no doubt that for me and my son the ASD diagnosis is the more meaningful one in... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is There a Link Between AS and Handedness? |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2012, 2:39 pm
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Replies: 33
Views: 5,508
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| The "LRRTM1" left handed neanderthal gene can be carried dormant even if someone isn't left handed. A more in depth questionnaire might include something like "Are you right handed with any left handed family members?" I'm sure this gene has to do with ASD. We are a secret society of people connect... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Is There a Link Between AS and Handedness? |
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Posted: 23 Sep 2012, 2:33 pm
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Replies: 33
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| I am diagnosed autism 299.00 but I think aspergers is more accurate; my evaluator was anticipating the new DSM V rules. I write with either hand. I throw a ball right handed. For archery, rifles and billiards I shoot left handed. I open jars left handed, clap right handed and use a mouse lefty. I th... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Alternatives to Wrong Planet |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2012, 10:00 pm
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Replies: 37
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| I'm also disgusted by the favoritism and the cliquish nature I've come across with mods and certain users. It seems this should be the one place where we're beyond that nonsense that's so prevalent in the NT world, but even here it's reared its ugly head. I let a lot of stuff slide, as I know some ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Postmodernism- I don't get it |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2012, 8:31 pm
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Replies: 53
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| I cannot accept the postmodern methodology. I have read Philosophy my entire life and you can deconstruct all you want but that is mere negation and valueless until you replace the nothingness with somethingness. Heidegger asked the ultimate metaphysical question: Why is there something rather than ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Entitlement |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2012, 8:12 pm
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Replies: 105
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| There's those people who think the world owes them something. ...that the earths resources, human labor pool, the rivers, all the land, all the forests, all the oceans, and even the contents of mountains belong to them and that they have the right to use all of this however they want to advance the... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: How do you learn when people are done talking?! !! |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2012, 7:38 pm
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Replies: 19
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| Some NTs will never take a breath because they want to hog the conversation. Usually they are the ones who have absolutely no content of any value in their monologues. |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: I actually fought against my diagnosis at the time... |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2012, 4:46 pm
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Replies: 12
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| Consider the alternative: not knowing. I was diagnosed at age 63. I spent my entire life trying to figure out why I had problems with social interaction and anxiety. For me diagnosis was the most freeing event of my life. It was spectacular beyond description to finally understand. It is almost thre... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Important New New Research Article on Autism Genetic Marker |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2012, 4:30 pm
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Replies: 16
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| Now I'm really scared. Likewise. :x Why be scared. When you cut through all the details what I see is that scientists need to look at hundreds of genes in order to identify someone on the spectrum. In this article they needed to look at 127 genes and only came up with an accuracy rate of 85%. If a ... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Important New New Research Article on Autism Genetic Marker |
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Posted: 22 Sep 2012, 3:37 pm
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| Great explanation and great find Pompei, thanks for posting this. You obviously know much more about this stuff than I do so maybe you can answer this question for me. The test subjects were central european and to me the article seemed to suggest that they had a generally uniform ancestry. It also... |
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Forum: General Autism Discussion Topic: Important New New Research Article on Autism Genetic Marker |
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Posted: 21 Sep 2012, 7:57 pm
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Replies: 16
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| A research paper was just published last week that identifies 237 different genes that can be used to identify if an individual is diagnosed as Autistic or would be a Neurotypical. In my opinion this is one of the most significant genetic research articles on autism I have seen. Preceding the abstra... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: It's all about poker! |
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012, 10:17 pm
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Replies: 8
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| It is pretty tough to teach someone how to play poker without being there IRL. I played poker daily for about eight months about 40 years ago. I was good but my weakness was reading other peoples cues. Not surprising for an aspie. There are really three elements to the game. 1. Knowing the odds of e... |
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Forum: Games and Video Games Topic: Anyone interested in playing Final Fantasy XI |
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Posted: 05 Sep 2012, 4:25 pm
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Replies: 12
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| I played the game several years ago as a red mage, beat Maat on the first try and got up to level 73 when the top level was 75. I had over a million gil and all kinds of fancy gear before I quit. I just bought the game again and am starting over since I have lost all my identifying data and do not t... |
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