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Autism
Autism is a developmental disorder that manifests itself in the first years of life. Characteristics of this disorder include impaired social interaction, repetitive behavior and delayed language development. Ask questions about disorders in the autism spectrum here.
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Do adults with Asperger's Syndrome confuse friendliness with someone coming on to them or flirting?
Yes. I'm 45 years old and have Asperger's Syndrome (AS), and still can't tell the difference. A woman had to be overt and aggressively assertive to me before I got the hint. Subtle hints never registered with me.
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Absolutely! Some people with AS do not experience many overtures of friendship, so when a person tries to be friendly, the person with AS could assume it indicates a romantic interest. Other people with AS are completely oblivious to everything less than a direct statement of romantic interest. Flirting involves nonverbal language, such as length of eye contact, positioning of the body, personal space, touching of hands or arms, tone of voice, etc., which people with AS do not instinctively grasp, so it is easy to misjudge intent or to ignore the nonverbal aspect entirely.
People without AS can misjudge the intent of a person with AS, assuming romantic interest when the person is trying to be friendly or assuming friendliness when the person is attempting to flirt. The person with AS, in addition to having difficulty understanding nonverbal language, can exhibit misleading nonverbal language or so little that the other person is uncertain of the intent.
When Asperger's Syndrome is part of the equation, either person can have difficulty recognizing the intent of the other.
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I often get the two mixed up. Being in Adolescence, there are idiot girls walking round the school saying "Hiya, Sexy!" to everyone they see. I still don't know whether it's a flirt or insult but have merely regarded it as an insult. Then some lad said "God, your tidy.". I took that as a flirt and walked away instantly (thinking he was trying to flirt with me, and I was walking away as a sign of "I'm not a homosexual") - but could he have meant a compliment meaning "clean" or "neat" in a non-flirty way? Then there's times my friends have said a comment I thought was flirty, getting creeped out, just to reassured they meant it in a friendly way.
Can autism be a side effect from bacterial meningitis?
can someone answer this question especially brain specialist? i HAVE THE SAME QUESTION
How is Brown-Sequard syndrome diagnosed?
Brown-Sequard syndrome is diagnosed based on the patient's medical history and a physical examination
It depends on what you want for that person. If you want them to have a good life then of course go for it!!=)
No, autism is not a curse any more than any other normal human variation is a curse.
Would you say that being black is a curse or being born a woman is a curse?
If not then don't imply being Autistic is a curse by referring to autism as a curse.
Will a child have autism if an extra chromosome is on the 21 pair?
no, an extra copy of chromosone 21 causes down syndrome
Frequent changes in daily schedule, inconsistency when addressing behaviors, physical punishment and some types of food such as gluten, casein etc. The list could go on and on.
Does autism occur in adolence?
Autism isn't something that just suddenly occurs in adolescence or at any other stage of a persons life. Autistic people are born Autistic, autism is a neurological variation so starts within the womb.
You no longer have any ties to that child and the judge rarely revert an adoption. It would be like any random person would sue for custody. The relatives of the adopted child would most likely have a bigger chance than you since you already gave up the child once and they have to be sure you would not do that again. The child would go back into foster care until new parents were found. if the child is in a bad environment you would have to report that to the Child Protective Services.
The current understanding is that approximately 65% of people have an underlying genetic risk for autism (potential to have autistic children), but that changing factors in today's society and/or environment are sending autism rates skyrocketing.
Approximately 1 in 150 children have autism, that is approx. 73 a day, and approx. 26,767 children a year are born with autism in the US.
These numbers are up from 1 in 10,000 a generation ago, and 3-4 generations ago, autism was practically unknown.
Likely reasons for the increase include:
- Increased numbers of pregnant women on medication during pregnancy. For example, the anticonvulsant drug sodium valproate (epilim/depakote) is proven in studies to cause a 10% risk of autism when unborn babies are exposed to it.
- Various other anticonvulsant drugs and hormonal drugs are also suspect, and under investigation for causing increased risk of autism.
- Increased diagnosis. More children at the "softer" end of the spectrum are now obtaining diagnosis. Children that a decade ago would simply have been considered "quirky" are now being diagnosed with high functioning autism.
That said, autism is now appearing commonly in families with no known history of the disorder, and no genetic abnomalities.
Even taking increased diagnosis into consideration, autism rates are increasing rapidly enough for it to be of high concern to all communities and prospective parents.
- Environmental genetic damage. It is generally accepted that certain chemicals in our environment cause genetic damage. This may be associated with the increase in autism rates. Various plastics are known to leach hormone disrupting chemicals into our water and food supplies, and autism is suspected in some scientific quarters to be caused by hormone disruption.
- Older parental ages. Women are having children when older. Genetic damage is more likely to occur in eggs from older women, and in sperm cells from older men.
Unknown but possible other candidates for autism rate increase include:
- foetal ultrasound, which has never been tested for human safety yet is now universal
- vaccine overload, where too many vaccines create an immune response overload in young children / babies
- general environmental pollution, including lead and mercury, plus a host of other damaging chemicals and poisons.
- genetic risk only, with no environmental factors involved. This is extremely unlikely, due to the rapidly increasing numbers of autism diagnoses worldwide.
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What are the Personality traits of parents of children with autism?
The parents of autistic children do not have a certain set of personality traits. They differ as with all people.
Autism is a very wide spectra so how a person is varies greatly.
If the person is a minor you could be charged with kidnapping unless you have consent from his parents or guardian.
If he is an adult and has a guardian you will also need consent.
If he is an adult like the rest of us and do not need a guardian you do not have to tell anyone, the choice to go with you is his. If you forced him to go you would be charged with kidnapping.
How does autism effect emotionally?
Autism is a neurological difference so it effects all emotions a person has. Autistic people can often be more emotional than neurotypical people because Autistic people have higher empathy than neurological people (even if Autistic people can't always show such emotions).
Is it okay for Autistic Kids to eat dirt and what would happen if they do?
No, obviously it's not okay for autistic kids or any kids to eat dirt. eating dirt could make them seriously ill as it could contain any contaminates or bacteria.
Is Asperger's Syndrome a disease?
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No. Don't believe in "charities" or "experts" who claim to be able to "cure" Asperger's.
No disease = No cure
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No, Asperger's Syndrome is not a disease. It is a neurological condition, meaning there are some differences in the brain. A person is born with genes for autism and Asperger's Syndrome, but these genes are not always triggered.
What is the Vaccine-Autism debate?
In 1998 a fraudulent doctor published a paper claiming that the MMR vaccine causes autism - since then billions have been spent to completely disprove this claim, the doctor was found to be lying, and common sense about autism tells us that this was a lie...however some uneducated and ignorant people continue to believe this lie. People known as 'anti-vaxxers' are against lifesaving vaccinations and continue to claim that vaccines cause autism to try to argue that vaccines aren't healthy - in turn also implying that autism is a bad thing, worse than life-threatening diseases.
People with autism possess a substance at birth called bufotenin. In most cases, the effects are similar to a Level 1/Level 2 psychedelic experience, although it is difficult to tell whether or not someone is tripping at that level. At those levels, music sounds wider and can have a stronger psychological effect on the person. Some have also mentioned seeing closed eye visuals being transmitted to the retina.
Depending on the type of music played, they can easily be sent into good trips or bad trips.
What link is there between periventricular leukomalacia and cerebral palsy?
More than 60% of all babies who have periventricular leukomalacia will actually develop cerebral palsy , particularly if the periventricular leukomalacia has been accompanied by intraventricular hemorrhage.
What is Asperger's syndrome sometimes called?
Aspergers Syndrome can be called: Aspergers, High-Functioning Autism, or you could just call it Autism, because it's a type of Autism.
What to the government do based on the autism epidemic?
There's no such thing as the 'autism epidemic'.
Autism is a variation in neurology, it is not a disease so cannot be an 'epidemic'. This terminology is commonly used by those who are against Autistic people or use Autism to further their agenda (such as using it to make money - e.g. Autism Speaks) to create a culture of fear, often using misleading data claiming Autism is on the increase when it's not (diagnosis has increased, Autism hasn't).
