poll: would you like to know the cause of ASD?

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Put simply, there are many causes of autism.

In fact, there are some people who are postulating about the existence of AUTISMS, rather than "autism."

No.

The wall of text pointing to the many causes would be more than I'd want to sift through.

Thankfully though, when they do find a cause I'll know shortly afterwards because inevitably there will be that one person who will yell out... "I told you so"!

I've voted No. Once the cause is found, the majority of expectant couples will be aborting their unborn autistic children. I'm 100% against the abortion of any unborn baby at any stage of pregnancy, because I believe that every human life is a precious life that's worth living. There's no such thing as a useless eater, this day and age.

Well, we do know, to some level of detail - a variation - one or more of many possibilities - in brain epigenesis causes some part of the sight and expression feedback system to not be there. That's early on, but it never goes away. This leaves the individual more or less excluded from social machinery.

I'd like to know so I can better learn how to mange things with it or how to treat certain symptoms.

Cautiously yes. I would like to know.

Knowing might be a step on the road to a cure. I wish those who want a cure could be cured and the rest be left to be themselves, as should be their right. I can see only too easily how all help would taken from those who need it but don't want a cure, because society can't be bothered helping people who can be turned into Nts, regardless of the personal cost to the individual.

it certainly wouldn't hurt to know the cause. I am curious as to when we will totally understand autism.

Of course I want to know.

I want to know exactly WHY my mind has to be different from basically everyone else on the planet.

Why??

Yes, I'd like to know the cause. I suspect that knowing the cause would make it easier to treat.


I'm going to be in the minority here when I say that honestly I don't think it would be such a bad thing if autism could be identified in utero. It's not that I don't think autistic fetuses have a right to life at all, but rather that I think they have a right to a good life. Obviously I am "pro-choice" though. As a parent I have spent considerable time with other parents of children with special needs, including Down Syndrome and what I have observed is that parents of kids with Down Syndrome tend to be almost always really great parents. That is not the case with other special needs (no, god does not only give "special children" to "special parents"!). I would say 99% of the parents that I know with kids who have Down S. are amazing, exemplary parents. My opinion, this is because they are the ones who CHOSE to have a child with Down S. They were prepared and they wanted it and they are doing a good job at it. Honestly, I think weeding out the parents who aren't up to doing a good job is a good thing. (My opinion only, do not expect anyone to agree).

The cause us genetics. You can prevent it, it is determined at conception.