Guest guest Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted 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 > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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