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Leftist Agitator

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8. Be careful...

Reply to Little Star (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 22, 2012, 06:04 PM

Mar 2012

There are many autistic people who promote neurological diversity. They take great offense at the suggestion that autistic traits should be eliminated from the human genome.

Just in case you were unaware.

P.S. I have no dog in this fight, just spreading knowledge.

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UCSD finds genes linked to autism [View all] bananas Mar 2012 OP

It would be wonderful if the could treat/prevent autism. k&r Little Star Mar 2012 #1

Be careful... Leftist Agitator Mar 2012 #8

I'm niot "broken" and don't need to be fixed Odin2005 Mar 2012 #16

Please except my apology Odin2005... Little Star Mar 2012 #19

Accepted! Odin2005 Mar 2012 #20

Thank you. Little Star Mar 2012 #22

But think what you could have been if you had not been vaccinated. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #29

Took me a while to get the sarcasm, LOL! Odin2005 Mar 2012 #31

Thank goodness. I was hoping it was pretty obvious. nt Snake Alchemist Mar 2012 #32

Now they need to find out WHY they misfire--if there's a precursor that causes it. MADem Mar 2012 #2

Vaccines have been off the hook for many, many years Warpy Mar 2012 #7

my late brother was "autistic" CountAllVotes Mar 2012 #14

I don't know anything about this debate JonLP24 Mar 2012 #21

They found the genes Warpy Mar 2012 #23

"an overabundance of brain cells in the pre-frontal cortex" KamaAina Mar 2012 #3

Or an overabundance in the Reptilian Cortex n/t IDemo Mar 2012 #30

... xchrom Mar 2012 #4

Thanks for this link! SamG Mar 2012 #5

In the case of we asberger's types DonCoquixote Mar 2012 #6

I like Aspies Warpy Mar 2012 #9

But that's why you're all so smart. Don't change. We love you. crazylikafox Mar 2012 #10

I have heard that autism has been linked to ehrnst Mar 2012 #12

Interesting sakabatou Mar 2012 #11

But it can't solely be a case of genes, can it? Since autistic identical twins pnwmom Mar 2012 #13

The same genes can behave or 'misfire' differently - the theory here ehrnst Mar 2012 #15

Thanks! n/t pnwmom Mar 2012 #26

The brain overgrowth occurs before birth. Odin2005 Mar 2012 #18

There are many other factors researchers are investigating pnwmom Mar 2012 #25

"overabundance of brain cells in the pre-frontal cortex" so that's why... Odin2005 Mar 2012 #17

Perhaps there is something to the arcane art of Corrective Phrenology after all slackmaster Mar 2012 #24

I am creeped out by the language: "...to treat and prevent autism." BlueIris Mar 2012 #27

I'm hoping that they can do this to genes, soon, for personal reasons. ehrnst Mar 2012 #28