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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Amish people have zero autism. Wonder why.[/quote]

Amish people don't use the public schools, don't have health insurance, don't use "English" medical care unless it's completely unavoidable and take care of their own within their own insular communities for their whole lives. They have strong religious beliefs about accepting illness and disabilities as divine will. Of course they record no cases of autism, because they have zero need or motivation to seek a formal diagnosis. Why would they bother? I'm sure there are autistic Amish people just like everywhere else, they just don't bother with labels.[/quote]

DP. I looked for studies to support the first PPs assertion that autism isn't present in Amish communities. Not surprisingly, I found none. I found a bunch of similarly unsubstantiated claims about Amish health.

Given the heritability of autism, it shouldn't be surprising that an insular group would have few cases if those genes aren't present in their pool. [/quote]
How exactly is it proven that autism is inherited?[/quote]

A quick Google search shows multiple studies showing that ASD is strongly linked to genetics. [/quote]

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