That is very interesting. Thanks for posting it.
It's interesting but I'm cautious about conclusions drawn from just observing external behaviours. Example: the prior theory that giving children LSD "cured" them of autism because they behaved differently on LSD.
Fragile X actually isn't all that rare. About 1 in 1000 have it, I think.
If you had Fragile X, would it be obvious?
Is there a common head shape/facial feature set among Fragile X folks?
Fragile X actually isn't all that rare. About 1 in 1000 have it, I think.
If you had Fragile X, would it be obvious?
Is there a common head shape/facial feature set among Fragile X folks?
It's probably not as obvious as Down's syndrome, but there are prominent physical characteristics:
"Aside from intellectual disability (mental retardation), prominent characteristics of the syndrome include an elongated face, large or protruding ears, flat feet, larger testicles in men (macroorchidism), and low muscle tone."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fragile_X
On-topic: I think this is very interesting. I don't think we have to worry about being 'cured', but there might be a new medicine on the way that can help deal with some of the problems we have.
It is 1 in 3,600 males and 1 in 4,000-6,000 females that have Fragile-X
For Kraner's it is around 3-4 in 1,000 and other ASD 7-8 in 1,000
So conservatively 0.053% of the population has Fragile-X and 1.2% of the population is on the autistic spectrum.
That points to an upper limit of 4% of people with ASD having Fragile-X
In practice they find it is more like 2-3%
Right sorry yep confirmed the 2-6% above. Regardless you can't say the fragile-X is the leading cause of autism. I not even sure if it is the leading cause of retardation but don't have info on that.
well apparently this Fragile x Problem doesn't have so much relation with autism, as I have said the cause of Autistic disorders are so much complex, there are involved a number of cerebral regions That have some relation each one with the other. Maybe the root are problem with the genes, but with some genes related and not only one
and this is far to be a cure don't worry they said it only will help with symptom
My problem is not with the study. It is that it is reported as a cure for autism.
It is strange to me that they focused so much on autism when it really seemed to have very little to do with autism at all.
"Retardation reduced in lab" doesn't have quite the same ring, I suppose.
Fragile X is distinct from the majority of autism spectrum. It happens to share some symptoms, but there does not seem to be an underlying biological link to FMRP.
Am I the only one that feels like Lou Arrendale from Speed of Dark, while reading this?
Fragile X is distinct from the majority of autism spectrum. It happens to share some symptoms, but there does not seem to be an underlying biological link to FMRP.
"Does not seem" Dog Brain. That's what we need to have checked out. To clarify it 100 percent.
So toss me a few million dollars and I'll have my lab redirected, spit-spot.
(Also, some of them must have autistic members, since MR+autism is so common.)
Hello,
Just to inform you, less than 25 percent of Autistic individuals are mentally ***, and even those who are labeled “mentally challenged” (with LFA) are actually sometimes possessing average to above average intelligence. Not to mention all of the people with HFA and PDD-NOS who are not mentally challenged. So, in reality, the percent of autistic individuals who are truly mentally *** is probably closer to 5 to 15 %. Sure, it is higher than the general population, yet it is still only a small minority.
(Figures based on several books, including some written by Tony Attwood, the world expert on Asperger’s Syndrome).
Will