Question about NLD and AS combination
If I fit most traits of both conditions and, since NLD is caused by brain damage, then does it mean that I both inherited my family's AS and my brain got damaged as well? Sounds like too much of a coincidence...?
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Well, I don't think there's conclusive evidence that NVLD is caused by pre-natal brain damage entirely and doesn't have a genetic component. There's pretty good evidence that abnormalities of white matter especially in the right hemisphere are present in NVLD. There are brain abnormalities (developmental ones that are there from the start) involved in ASD too. There's some conflicting data as to what these abnormalities are. Some professionals believe ASD encompasses a variety of different disorders that cause the same symptoms. In other words, in terms of genetics and neurology there could be a few different autisms. Some professionals think this about Schizophrenia as well. Anyway, maybe the NVLD pattern is one of the autisms. It's possible. In any case I have both NVLD and ASD too. ASD and ASD traits also do run in my family.
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Both my mother and I have NLD and/or autistic traits.
No one else in our family ever has in the recent past. The only anomaly I can think of is the fact that my mother was severely afflicted with untreated measles at the age of two that resulted in seizures and 5-10 minutes without oxygen.
I wonder if epigenetics can have an effect somehow.
This is quite an interesting book on how epigenetics and the fetal environment can cause mental disorders and learning disabilities.
http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/infectious-behavior
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