Aspies For Freedom

A team of researchers at Trinity College Dublin has identified several genes which may be linked to autism.

Dr Louise Gallagher, consultant and lecturer in child psychiatry at TCD, believes one of the genes may affect the ability of nerve cells in the brain to make connections.

Another is thought to influence an enzyme in the blood which could contribute to the severity of autism.

As part of a major international project, the team at the Smurfit Department of Genetics has been studying 200 Irish children with autism and their families.

New technology has allowed the researchers to examine the genetic make-up of the Irish families, scanning genes quickly and in much finer detail for over 10,000 variants.

Around 2,000 children and young adults have autism in Ireland, a condition whereby a person is unable to relate to people and situations.

Further findings from the TCD research are due to be published soon.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2005/1123/autism.html

Oh how nicely put! Such a flatteringly accurate generalization.

I think so too Ener...or were you being sarcastic? lol!

Guilty as charged--this was one of my very rare uses of sarcasm :)

With so many studies shewing a genetic link - or predisposing factor - it's really rather surprising that the mercury brigade  keep going as they do.

But I s'pose  emotional investment has always triumphed over Reason with NTs.  

Stella

There are so many studies that show a strong genetic link as a cause, that its absurd that the mercury brigade ignore it, and the curebies can't see that they have most likely passed their own autistic genes onto their own children, and therefore a cure cant simply come and take that away.

Some use the genetic factor to explain why only some children react to mercury. supposedly some children are genetically more sensitive to mercury and become autistic.  Bull.