tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548560205914833324.post7428121648322769153..comments2023-04-23T00:16:48.148+01:00Comments on Questioning Answers: Rich kids, older dads and autism? Or poor kids, older mums and autism?Paul Whiteleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14288851488012254897noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548560205914833324.post-75758744517038614142012-04-25T20:24:30.513+01:002012-04-25T20:24:30.513+01:00Thanks Mrs Ed.
Appreciating that we should all b...Thanks Mrs Ed. <br /><br />Appreciating that we should all be grateful there is research on-going about 'risk' and autism over a purely 'autism is genetic' view (prevalent not so long ago), I can perhaps see how it does seem to be getting a little bit silly with all the associations being made. I'm pretty sure that for example, the authors of the obese mums - autism risk study did not make many friends after that particular publication came out.<br /><br />Part of this I think, has to do with how the issue of 'risk' is being communicated and part of it to do with the current obsession with linking things, everything to autism - autism as if it were some homogeneous condition with little or no variation or comorbidity.<br /><br />There aren't any easy answers I'm afraid to getting round these factors; although one would perhaps suspect that as the endophenotype view starts to become more widely observed in autism research, such generalisations might become a little more focused on the parts rather than the whole.Paul Whiteleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14288851488012254897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5548560205914833324.post-5554421957402578982012-04-25T20:04:04.535+01:002012-04-25T20:04:04.535+01:00I'll have to add "poor white trash" ...I'll have to add "poor white trash" to the growing list of my son's risk factors (heehee).Mrs. Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02144247274657295271noreply@blogger.com