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deadparrot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 04:54 PM Original message |
U.S. says autism rate about 1 in 150 |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. When I was in college 30 years ago, the rate was 1 in 10,000 |
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kutastha (400 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. is it more people with autism |
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DesertRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:39 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. I do think that more cases are being diagnosed |
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shanti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:10 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. a LOT more things are being diagnosed now |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. As a physician in 1977 I knew |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:52 AM Response to Reply #5 |
30. kick |
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brentspeak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
8. There was a TV report some years back concerning a group of austisic children |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:53 AM Response to Reply #8 |
31. kick |
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MountainLaurel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:34 PM Response to Reply #8 |
65. How sad, but not surprising |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
12. that's amazing...from 1 in 10,000 to 1 in 150 n/t |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:37 PM Response to Original message |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Yet we keep pumping our children full of thimerosal |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:33 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. yep...i agree...there is no reason to be giving them so many vaccines |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:54 PM Response to Reply #13 |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 09:21 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Obviously, you were never vaccinated against being rude to people who don't share your point of view |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. Thimerosal has been removed from childhood vaccines. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 09:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. I don't know what vax schedule your pedi used, ... |
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EmperorHasNoClothes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-10-07 12:39 AM Response to Reply #15 |
57. Not entirely true. |
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jahyarain (254 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 05:59 PM Response to Original message |
7. all my research leads me to agree with the good Dr. Mend... |
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EFerrari (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
9. That's crazy. 1 in 150? Holy cow. How can that be right? |
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NotGivingUp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:17 PM Response to Original message |
11. well, numbers like that gotta tell you something! ok, vaccine lovers, where are ya. |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
14. It's also important to note... |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 08:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Geeky, socially awkward, highly intelligent. |
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Doremus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:52 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. Sounds like you've overcome a lot in your life - kudos to you! |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:06 AM Response to Reply #22 |
24. Thanks for the welcome, Doremus. Glad to be here. n/t |
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KittyWampus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:41 PM Response to Reply #17 |
67. Jonathan, sounds more like you might be an introvert. No being comfortable |
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Nihil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:27 PM Response to Reply #67 |
70. Says you? (though I agree with you) |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:02 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. This isn't about "geeks" etc. This is about alot of kids who have |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 10:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Completely agree... |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:10 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Ilsa, I didn't mean to minimize the impact of autism. |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:16 PM Response to Reply #25 |
33. No offense taken! |
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catabryna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. I completely understand where you are coming from... |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 10:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
32. kick |
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anotherdrew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Feb-08-07 08:33 PM Response to Original message |
18. this is also about mis-diagnoses and a lot of bullshit |
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Jonathan50 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Neuro typical? |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
27. Question for those following the research |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
38. I don't know if autism is commoner in twins as such; but it is commoner in those who are born very |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:46 AM Response to Original message |
28. Visualize an Autistic World. How will it be different? |
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aaronbees (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:10 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Thanks for that link |
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politicat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:31 PM Response to Original message |
34. A - we diagnose it more often (instead of generalized mental retardation) |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
35. there is an epidemic of mentally-ill children the likes of which, |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:43 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Sounds like the description of kids that get whipped into shape by The Nanny |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:29 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. one eight year old boy was just killed by his parents.... |
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DemExpat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 04:01 PM Response to Reply #43 |
47. Yes, this type of firmness can be deadly. |
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UncleSepp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 04:29 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Literal expressions... goofy aside |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 07:04 PM Response to Reply #35 |
69. for the record -- all forms of autism are not mental illness |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. The criteria for diagnosing autism have changed a lot over the years |
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harlanh (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 02:30 PM Response to Reply #36 |
59. asperger is only a small subset of the autism diagnosis |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. I think there are diagnostic changes at both ends of the scale... |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
37. hugely overdiagnosed |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 01:16 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Seconded. |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 02:40 PM Response to Reply #37 |
42. I disagree, I thinkit us hugely under-diagnosed. |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:33 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I completely agree with you. Also, it is really important to have |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 04:03 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. Thanks. I wish his mother would understand that. |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. dosage should be about 0.7 to 1 mg/kg = 27mg or 36mg size. |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
45. Much higher in NJ |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
46. It's more like 1 in 15 on this thread |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #46 |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:28 PM Response to Reply #51 |
53. Pardon? |
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olddad56 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:37 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. I apologize , I misunderstood your earlier post and took offense. |
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fNord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:06 PM Response to Original message |
52. This might also be the result.... |
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Mend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:35 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. Dexedrine was invented in 1920. It was really handed out like |
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fNord (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-09-07 05:40 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. thats what happens when you use petroleum to cure a headache n/t |
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harlanh (5 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 02:21 PM Response to Original message |
58. Where are the 08' candidates on this alarming health crisis? |
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WePurrsevere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
60. They really need to do further studies of the Amish |
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HockeyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 04:09 PM Response to Original message |
61. Why more boys than girls? |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:29 PM Response to Reply #61 |
63. It's likely that autism involves multiple genes, and probably some of them are recessive genes on |
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pitohui (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 06:58 PM Response to Reply #61 |
68. they say high functioning autism is an "extreme" case of the male brain |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:09 AM Response to Reply #68 |
71. That is one theory, put forward by Simon Baron-Cohen |
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SKKY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:33 PM Response to Original message |
64. The number is going up in Europe as well... |
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truthisfreedom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-11-07 05:50 PM Response to Original message |
66. "Children of men age 40 and older have a significantly increased risk of having autism" |
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Guaranteed (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:24 AM Response to Original message |
72. Not to minimize autism as a disorder, but I do have a pet theory |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:09 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. At high-functioning levels, autism seems to be an advantage for computer use |
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GoddessOfGuinness (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:49 PM Response to Reply #72 |
75. Interesting theory... |
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Doondoo (843 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
73. bump |
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mhatrw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-12-07 04:55 PM Response to Original message |
76. Can you say INCREASED VACCINATION LOAD? |
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