Aspies For Freedom

Amy Wrote:

Some strange theories around, an excerpt from one of them-

Autism --- A Cognitive or a Behavorial Disorder?

Edward J. Harshman, MD, MBA

Autism, the cognitive disorder of extreme social withdrawal, living in one's own world, has no proven etiology. Current theories include neurotransmitter imbalance, improper nutrition, and genetic predisposition.

Which of these does "Doktor Harshman" base his theory upon? For example, most other theories are either assembled from a body of knowledge or the theorizer is some kink of frikin' genius who assembles all of his own information.

Amy Wrote:

While these theories do partially explain autism, parental behavior has been generally overlooked.

Autism is associated with firstborn children, with boys, and with unusually good looks.

Does one suspect that the "Doktor" was both a first born as well as "unusually good looking"? Wink

Amy Wrote:

It is also becoming more common in our society.

Sure. The diagnosis of Asperger's didn't exist in North America until 1995. If a diagnostic category is created to describe a certain subset of behaviours then an appropriate bevy of pidgeons must be found to fit that pidgeon-hole. Tongue

Amy Wrote:

Autistic people often seem preoccupied with spinning objects or with making themselves spin.

No known genetic or infectious process preferentially affects firstborn children. But firstborns often receive different treatment from their parents than do their younger siblings. Inexperienced parents, specifically parents of one young child, are more likely than others to try to demand that their children's opinions and feelings be what the parents want them to be.

The "Doktor" seems to blame his parents....

Thank you for making my day, Amy. Big Grin

Amy Wrote:

Some strange theories around, an excerpt from one of them-

Autism --- A Cognitive or a Behavorial Disorder?

Edward J. Harshman, MD, MBA

Autism, the cognitive disorder of extreme social withdrawal, living in one's own world, has no proven etiology. Current theories include neurotransmitter imbalance, improper nutrition, and genetic predisposition.

Which of these does "Doktor Harshman" base his theory upon? For example, most other theories are either assembled from a body of knowledge or the theorizer is some kink of frikin' genius who assembles all of his own information.

Amy Wrote:

While these theories do partially explain autism, parental behavior has been generally overlooked.

Autism is associated with firstborn children, with boys, and with unusually good looks.

Does one suspect that the "Doktor" was both a first born as well as "unusually good looking"? Wink

Amy Wrote:

It is also becoming more common in our society.

Sure. The diagnosis of Asperger's didn't exist in North America until 1995. If a diagnostic category is created to describe a certain subset of behaviours then an appropriate bevy of pidgeons must be found to fit that pidgeon-hole. Tongue

Amy Wrote:

Autistic people often seem preoccupied with spinning objects or with making themselves spin.

No known genetic or infectious process preferentially affects firstborn children. But firstborns often receive different treatment from their parents than do their younger siblings. Inexperienced parents, specifically parents of one young child, are more likely than others to try to demand that their children's opinions and feelings be what the parents want them to be.

The "Doktor" seems to blame his parents....

Thank you for making my day, Amy. Big Grin

so us non aspergers hideous shallow being , ought to be fiercely jealus of you'll ?

im ok. (im jealus of most humans (and some other in the universe))

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our society tolerates a wider range of behavior in girls than in boys

another aspergers evolutionary superior. (guts and oblivious to the powers that she)
for those outside west civ , its west civ. (if you heard of the west and not opposed to it or can't , your it)

I always wondered why I was just so pretty!

...yeah, okay okay, I'll shut up! Wink

He may have a few interesting points, but I'm not inclined to take that guy too seriously.

Been told I'm very good looking with a room-brightening smile. (Although my coke-bottle thick glasses made me a very unattractive youth. Guess I've blossomed. Contact lenses work wonders.)

My parents (both) looked like attractive twenty-somethings until they were will into their early fifties. I defintely have the gene and am often mistaken for 10 - 15 years younger than my age (to my spouse's chagrin, who is generally mistaken for being considerably older than me, although we're the same age).

I'm going with the "we're too good looking" theory -- along with the one from another thread that said our vision impairment made it difficult for us to read faces and learn social cues as children.

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