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Anonymous wrote:Who is this one lunatic on this thread arguing with a ton of people? They apparently have a really, really vested interest in fighting the mere possibility that inflammation be even mentioned in the same sentence as ASD.

Which is really interesting and gets to the whole original point of this thread/new study: As you expand the definition of autism, and the spectrum gets wider, do you create a greater likelihood of non-shared interests and infighting -- resulting in people less likely to have their needs heard and met?

Certainly sounds like it, based on just the one really loud voice in this thread.

I have a vested interest in countering pseudoscience. Autism has been a lightening rod for pseudoscience and quackery since forever. It’s very important to be on the lookout for it. It’s not “infighting.”

DP. There are numerous articles about how autism research has focused on only a small handful of items (largely because most of the research is funded by just 3 sources) so there’s not really enough research to even say if something is pseudoscience or not.

Pseudoscience? Harvard would disagree...

https://hms.harvard.edu/magazine/pandemic/inflammation-link-autism

+1. I'm the poster about who was confounded that this one poster thinks the inflammation link is psuedoscience. I thought it was a pretty well acknowledged "potential" path of research, but one that has limitations too. There are a lot of major research organizations, mainstream journals, etc recognizing there is probably work to be done down this route.

Then you're both idiots who can't read. The article literally says that the scans show LOW levels of the marker/protein that is tied to brain inflammation.

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Anonymous wrote:Things that make you go hmmmm….

That chart, which I just googled, makes me go "Hmmmm! Who is the moron that thinks the infamous charlatan Perlmutter is a source of actual information?"

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Anonymous wrote:Autism is a medical condition causing brain inflammation. I wonder how many years it will take for this to be accepted ? How many kids will suffer, how many families will suffer?

There are so many groups trying to normalize autism, saying it's not a bad thing. That will hinder the search for a cause and a cure or prevention.

1. There have always been Autistic and other neurodivergent humans.
2. Are you autistic? If not take several seats about a cure. It’s not cancer or the like. Families should accommodate for their children.

When the incidence is increasing, then it is important to consider why. And if something can be changed to alter that.

As a person with family members with autism, yes, it is not all rainbows and yes, treatment, prevention, and cure are all avenues for research.

Anonymous wrote: It's based on data from 2020 and I am surprised they don't break it down into girls vs. boys because usually they do and it's always more boys than girls. I do believe there can be a genetic component and I know they have broadened the definition and are better with early detection, but as a parent of a child with autism I absolutely do believe there is so much going wrong in our environment contributing to this.

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Anonymous wrote:Autism is a medical condition causing brain inflammation. I wonder how many years it will take for this to be accepted ? How many kids will suffer, how many families will suffer?

There are so many groups trying to normalize autism, saying it's not a bad thing. That will hinder the search for a cause and a cure or prevention.

1. There have always been Autistic and other neurodivergent humans.
2. Are you autistic? If not take several seats about a cure. It’s not cancer or the like. Families should accommodate for their children.

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Anonymous wrote:Autism is a medical condition causing brain inflammation. I wonder how many years it will take for this to be accepted ? How many kids will suffer, how many families will suffer?

There are so many groups trying to normalize autism, saying it's not a bad thing. That will hinder the search for a cause and a cure or prevention.

1. There have always been Autistic and other neurodivergent humans.
2. Are you autistic? If not take several seats about a cure. It’s not cancer or the like. Families should accommodate for their children.

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Anonymous wrote:Autism is a medical condition causing brain inflammation. I wonder how many years it will take for this to be accepted ? How many kids will suffer, how many families will suffer?

There are so many groups trying to normalize autism, saying it's not a bad thing. That will hinder the search for a cause and a cure or prevention.

1. There have always been Autistic and other neurodivergent humans.
2. Are you autistic? If not take several seats about a cure. It’s not cancer or the like. Families should accommodate for their children.

Anonymous wrote:Autism is a medical condition causing brain inflammation. I wonder how many years it will take for this to be accepted ? How many kids will suffer, how many families will suffer?

There are so many groups trying to normalize autism, saying it's not a bad thing. That will hinder the search for a cause and a cure or prevention.

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Anonymous wrote:The tone of this whole thread is really disappointing, coming from someone who was recently diagnosed as a 38 year old successful adult. Having a diagnosis and knowing why the world has always seemed so different for me means the world. But my “quirks” are precisely why I was very good at school and now have a very good job. There’s some argument that parts of autism were evolutionary advantageous. No, I don’t want a cure. I am happy diagnosis rates are going up so that kids don’t have to wait until nearly 40 to understand themselves. Acceptance and changing norms is absolutely what’s needed. Let kids unmask.

Following the rules isn't "masking". Having a public face and a private face isn't masking either. It's getting along in the world.

Yea, no. These “rules” were set by one type of person. Masking is exhausting and leads to depression and anxiety. Forcing conformity for ND people is exactly the issue.

If this is the adult re entry diagnosed, can you share how you were asked to mask/conform as a child and what you wish you had been allowed to be / do instead?

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Anonymous wrote:Autism is a medical condition causing brain inflammation. I wonder how many years it will take for this to be accepted ? How many kids will suffer, how many families will suffer?

There are so many groups trying to normalize autism, saying it's not a bad thing. That will hinder the search for a cause and a cure or prevention.

+100

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Anonymous wrote:The tone of this whole thread is really disappointing, coming from someone who was recently diagnosed as a 38 year old successful adult. Having a diagnosis and knowing why the world has always seemed so different for me means the world. But my “quirks” are precisely why I was very good at school and now have a very good job. There’s some argument that parts of autism were evolutionary advantageous. No, I don’t want a cure. I am happy diagnosis rates are going up so that kids don’t have to wait until nearly 40 to understand themselves. Acceptance and changing norms is absolutely what’s needed. Let kids unmask.

Following the rules isn't "masking". Having a public face and a private face isn't masking either. It's getting along in the world.

Yea, no. These “rules” were set by one type of person. Masking is exhausting and leads to depression and anxiety. Forcing conformity for ND people is exactly the issue.

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