Questions re Autism and Genetic Testing

December 5, 2012

Dear All,

I have two questions, one related to genetic testing, the other to autism

symptoms.

1) I read some of you mentioning genetic testing you had done. My DAN doctor

(Dr. Compain, at Rhinebeck Health Center, NY - who works with Dr Bock)

once mentioned some genetic testings, but said they were very new and the

results too complex to interpret correctly, so he thought it was not worth it

doing it.

So I was wondering where and how you did it, and if you found it worth it... Can

anyone give me your opinion on that?

2) My daughter who has autism is now 6 YO. Until she was 30 months old she had

no apparent symptoms.

But my sister has a daughter who is now 20 months old and she has been showing

developing delays since she was 6 to 8 months old... The most important one is

in her eyes. She has " low eye muscle tone " or something similar. Her eyes are

kind of " loose " , they go way too much to the sides (both together to the same

side, not crossed), and when she turns her head to look at something, her eyes

take a while longer to turn in the same direction as her head...

She has some other motor delays too... she is not walking yet either.

I don't know much more details because she lives in another country and I don't

see her often.

But my question is: have anyone saw or hear about " eye muscle low tone " or any

eye problems in children with autism?

She is too little yet to have a diagnose of autism, here in South America

usually they wait until baby is at least 24 months. But she did a lot of

genetic testings for other diseases and everything came out negative. I look at

her pictures and see a baby who never smiles (to the camara at least!), she has

this serious, " lost in her own World " expression that make me think it might be

autism...

Any thoughts?

Thank you all!!! Sorry for such a long message!!

Love,

Xexa

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