Comments on: Autism http://verens.com/2007/08/11/autism/ klog - Kae's Log Mon, 21 May 2012 21:11:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Aaron Mc Adam http://verens.com/2007/08/11/autism/#comment-973 Aaron Mc Adam Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:08:06 +0000 http://verens.com/archives/2007/08/11/autism/#comment-973 There have been studies done that suggest that if the brain is slightly more intelligent, other parts of it suffer, such as those that govern behaviour. There have been studies done that suggest that if the brain is slightly more intelligent, other parts of it suffer, such as those that govern behaviour.

]]> By: Kae Verens http://verens.com/2007/08/11/autism/#comment-972 Kae Verens Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:48:02 +0000 http://verens.com/archives/2007/08/11/autism/#comment-972 Anne: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/prautismgene.cfm "at least 80 percent of the disorder is due to hereditary factors" (ie, genetic) Anne: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/press/prautismgene.cfm “at least 80 percent of the disorder is due to hereditary factors” (ie, genetic)

]]> By: Anne Shaw http://verens.com/2007/08/11/autism/#comment-971 Anne Shaw Mon, 13 Aug 2007 17:25:53 +0000 http://verens.com/archives/2007/08/11/autism/#comment-971 80% genetic? I've never read that before. Is that a fact, or a guess? 80% genetic? I’ve never read that before. Is that a fact, or a guess?

]]> By: Kae Verens http://verens.com/2007/08/11/autism/#comment-970 Kae Verens Mon, 13 Aug 2007 14:57:10 +0000 http://verens.com/archives/2007/08/11/autism/#comment-970 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_tests_and_autism IQ and autism are not always obviously linked. In a lot of cases, high-IQ people have not been tested for autism, as they do not appear to need it. This would appear to artificially force the average IQ of autistics downwards, though, not upwards. My guess is that some people with high IQs have autism but they have not been tested. I have a 147 IQ (99.91th percentile, tested by Mensa), and I do not know if I have autism (I doubt it), but I exhibited a lot of the more obvious symptoms as a child (and some, I still do). http://home.att.net/~ascaris1/genius.html Some geniuses are thought to have been autistic - Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Socrates. And in fact, if you were asked to make a list of geniuses you had heard of, those would probably be on your list. There are others - Mozart, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol. You know - you could be on to something - can you think of a genius that has not exhibited autistic symptoms? It seems to me that genius and madness do go hand in hand. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_tests_and_autism

IQ and autism are not always obviously linked. In a lot of cases, high-IQ people have not been tested for autism, as they do not appear to need it. This would appear to artificially force the average IQ of autistics downwards, though, not upwards.

My guess is that some people with high IQs have autism but they have not been tested. I have a 147 IQ (99.91th percentile, tested by Mensa), and I do not know if I have autism (I doubt it), but I exhibited a lot of the more obvious symptoms as a child (and some, I still do).

http://home.att.net/~ascaris1/genius.html

Some geniuses are thought to have been autistic – Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Charles Darwin, Socrates. And in fact, if you were asked to make a list of geniuses you had heard of, those would probably be on your list. There are others – Mozart, Beethoven, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol.

You know – you could be on to something – can you think of a genius that has not exhibited autistic symptoms? It seems to me that genius and madness do go hand in hand.

]]> By: Aaron Mc Adam http://verens.com/2007/08/11/autism/#comment-969 Aaron Mc Adam Mon, 13 Aug 2007 13:26:23 +0000 http://verens.com/archives/2007/08/11/autism/#comment-969 I thought that neuroscientists had kind of established a link between high intelligence and autism before? I thought that neuroscientists had kind of established a link between high intelligence and autism before?

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