Re: Article~We are not all on the spectrum now...

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Newland wrote:

> We are not all on the spectrum now

>

> We need a more robust definition of autism, otherwise we risk it losing all

sense as a diagnosis.

>

> http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12369/

Extraordinarily well conceived and well written thoughts! Good catch,

.

- Bill ...AS, retired clinical/research geneticist

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WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm

[Guest guest]

Newland wrote:

> We are not all on the spectrum now

>

> We need a more robust definition of autism, otherwise we risk it losing all

sense as a diagnosis.

>

> http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php/site/article/12369/

Extraordinarily well conceived and well written thoughts! Good catch,

.

- Bill ...AS, retired clinical/research geneticist

--

WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm

[Guest guest]

Newland wrote:

> Bill:

>

> I thought of you when I read this article, I have posted it on our

> home page on ASPIRES. At the bottom of this article it has links to

> other papers from this conference.

>

> Makes one think or rethink our position????????

[ snip ]

Depends on what means " our " ? Opinions here on ASPIRES are pretty diverse.

As you know, my own position is rather extreme: " genetic " autism as a

*variety* of human normality. Not quite sub-species, but certainly not

" disorder " either.

NB: This does not include " accidental " autism - the incidental

consequence of something else (physical trauma; fragile-X; fetal

alcohol; etc.)

Starr argues for a paradigm shift. So do I, only with different goals

and consequences.

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> Extraordinarily well conceived and well written thoughts! Good catch, .

> - Bill

- Bill ...AS, retired clinical/research geneticist

--

WD " Bill " Loughman - Berkeley, California USA

http://home.earthlink.net/~wdloughman/wdl.htm

[Guest guest]

Hi What is the articlethanks To: "aspires-relationships " <aspires-relationships > Sent: Tuesday, 24 April 2012 10:42 AM Subject:

Article~We are not all on the spectrum now...

Bill:

I thought of you when I read this article, I have posted it on our home page on ASPIRES. At the bottom of this article it has links to other papers from this conference.

Makes one think or rethink our position????????

Best!

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Extraordinarily well conceived and well written thoughts! Good catch,

.

- Bill ...AS, retired clinical/research geneticist