Re: Does Autism run in the family Sherry pls rd???

January 14, 2008

Sherry, I responded to your email yesterday. I am

sorry,but I do not check my email everyday. Maybe you

misses it b/c for some reason when I " reply " my id

appears as MTC I have to fix this problem. I can't

figure out why. Please read my response/I am pretty

much on the same page as you.

--- gldcst wrote:

> <<There are

> however, certain sub sets of autism such as fragile

> X

> / Down's syndrome autism that are " genetic " in

> nature.>>

> <<Do you have any specific information concluding

> that Down Syndrome autism is genetic in nature?

> Sherry>>

>

> Well it looks as if the original poster is not going

> to reply to this question so I'd just like to make

> clear the fact that just because Down Syndrome is

> genetic, the dual dx of DS and Autism is far from

> being understood. In DS there is a 1 in 10 chance of

> developing Autism....much higher than the 1 in 150

> in the regular population but we have a group of

> 1000 members and many many of them report the

> development of autism as a reaction to vaccines. We

> probably know less about the origin of the dual dx

> than you all do about " regular " autism. It's most

> certainly a " subset " but not even the top

> researchers have concluded it is genetic in nature.

> Sherry

>

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