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COMMON MECHANISMS MAY UNDERLIE AUTISM'S SEEMINGLY DIVERSE MUTATIONS EDited in 1st post with another article
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jules
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Re: COMMON MECHANISMS MAY UNDERLIE AUTISM'S SEEMINGLY DIVERSE MUTATIONS
Posted by lipglossjunky73
I'm on my BlackBerry so its hard to quote. I am not arguing. I am passionate. It just baffles me that we have gotten to a point where we will listen to Jenny McCarthy and take that as word and say researchers and doctors are crap. Not to say that they know everything, or even anything, but I have to say, as soon as I hear, "well, Joe celebrity said...." it really floors me. And scares me. The word cure may seem like semantics, but to many families, its the holy grail. And If they hang on to cure, they search and search for it, and put less effort into the true treatment that will help their children. Not all families, but enough to concern me. And enough for me to feel the need to always bring awareness to this baffling disorder. If I heard a doctor call it a disease, it would concern me. I haven't encountered doctors that have referred to autism as a disease.
ITA
And IMO the people/kids that were so called cured were probably misdiagnosed to begin with
So so sad
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Re: COMMON MECHANISMS MAY UNDERLIE AUTISM'S SEEMINGLY DIVERSE MUTATIONS
I think the good thing is that according to the interviews with the Harvard doctors who conducted these studies, is that in cases where the chromosome is dormant or idle, rather than missing, there is a chance that they can "re-activate" them. They are also at this time concluding that this is why, in certain cases, that intensive brain stimulus therapy is working.
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| Posted 7/11/08 10:56 AM |
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Re: COMMON MECHANISMS MAY UNDERLIE AUTISM'S SEEMINGLY DIVERSE MUTATIONS
Posted by maybebaby
It's great that they may be getting closer to understanding the mechanisms of autism.
VERY scary to me that someday they can detect autism through amnio. WHY? Because as a spectrum disorder you have so many levels. With proper help and intervention many of these childred diagnosed with PDD or other forms of autism are mainstreamed and leading very normal lives. It's amazing.
It scares and upsets me that people would choose to terminate after amnio results because their child may be on the spectrum...just the THOUGHT of this becoming reality really upsets me. My son has a few things that could qualify him for being on "the spectrum" and I just can't picture my life without him. To me he is perfect and although no one suspects autism in his case, I know many families with children on the spectrum...most you woudln't know anything was different and they are happy and amazing children.
Just gets me sad 
I agree
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| Posted 7/11/08 11:27 AM |
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Re: COMMON MECHANISMS MAY UNDERLIE AUTISM'S SEEMINGLY DIVERSE MUTATIONS
Posted by MsMBV
I think the good thing is that according to the interviews with the Harvard doctors who conducted these studies, is that in cases where the chromosome is dormant or idle, rather than missing, there is a chance that they can "re-activate" them. They are also at this time concluding that this is why, in certain cases, that intensive brain stimulus therapy is working.
Thats why Early Intervention is the BEST thing!!! so, lets say they see something in utero, and the parents can watch and provide early intervention - it may never manifest to the degrees they manifest today...
This is already being done with infant siblings of children with autism - due to genetic factors, the parents know the risks are already there, so they are watched and intervention is provided as early as possible....
Message edited 7/11/2008 12:17:52 PM.
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GioiaMia
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Re: COMMON MECHANISMS MAY UNDERLIE AUTISM'S SEEMINGLY DIVERSE MUTATIONS
Thanks for posting! 
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| Posted 7/11/08 12:46 PM |
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Re: COMMON MECHANISMS MAY UNDERLIE AUTISM'S SEEMINGLY DIVERSE MUTATIONS EDited in 1st post with another article
Posted by lipglossjunky73
I'm on my BlackBerry so its hard to quote. I am not arguing. I am passionate. It just baffles me that we have gotten to a point where we will listen to Jenny McCarthy and take that as word and say researchers and doctors are crap. Not to say that they know everything, or even anything, but I have to say, as soon as I hear, "well, Joe celebrity said...." it really floors me. And scares me. The word cure may seem like semantics, but to many families, its the holy grail. And If they hang on to cure, they search and search for it, and put less effort into the true treatment that will help their children. Not all families, but enough to concern me. And enough for me to feel the need to always bring awareness to this baffling disorder. If I heard a doctor call it a disease, it would concern me. I haven't encountered doctors that have referred to autism as a disease.
I totally understand and agree with you.
It was some internet research I saw on Dr's believing its a disease..for the record, I DO NOT believe that at all.
I also think "cure" is a hard word to swallow, but thats how some feel and I dont think if its right for them, we can discredit them. They are fighting on the front lines, we are not.
I may not agree with Jenny Mcartyj for instance, doesnt matter if I do or not. I DO THINK her voice is as strong as any Dr's though. She gets it as she LIVES IT.
Your normal pediatrician is no where NEAR as knowledgable as she is on the subject, or maybe even you for instance.
You would be floored at how little ped's know. They know a little bit of this and a little bit of that.
Maybe shes doesnt knwo it all, but you best believe if it was my son, I owuld know ALL there is, every single thing under the sun and Im sure I'd be able to tell my Dr. A thing or too and I was devoted to the subject. See where I'm going?
I agree with you on all your sentiments, just trying to put the presepective on my first orginal response.
This is another heated topic. Its sad all around and I dont mean to offend anyone with my choice of words, but Im not easily offended, so I never stop to think someone might be over something like that.
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| Posted 7/11/08 3:50 PM |
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Re: COMMON MECHANISMS MAY UNDERLIE AUTISM'S SEEMINGLY DIVERSE MUTATIONS EDited in 1st post with another article
Posted by lipglossjunky73
Posted by MsMBV
I think the good thing is that according to the interviews with the Harvard doctors who conducted these studies, is that in cases where the chromosome is dormant or idle, rather than missing, there is a chance that they can "re-activate" them. They are also at this time concluding that this is why, in certain cases, that intensive brain stimulus therapy is working.
Thats why Early Intervention is the BEST thing!!! so, lets say they see something in utero, and the parents can watch and provide early intervention - it may never manifest to the degrees they manifest today...
This is already being done with infant siblings of children with autism - due to genetic factors, the parents know the risks are already there, so they are watched and intervention is provided as early as possible....
Brady goes to the Yale Child Development Study Center once a month for the Baby Sibs Project. We chose to do it for 2 reasons -- #1 he is high risk because he has a sibling on the spectrum, and we can monitor his development and have him evaluated at the first sign of a delay. #2 If he does wind up on the specturm, valuable research data will have been collected to help eventually diagnose other children at a much much younger age.
It has its good and bad points. I feel very proactive as a parent, but I'm also scared to death and unfortunately feel like I'm constantly "looking for things" and just want him to be a toddler already and see some milestones. I'm missing a lot of his infancy with my Autism obsession. It's a really emotional journey, I wish it were as easy as "we'll just keep an extra close eye on him"
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