Breaking Science News: Guilty! Old Dads convicted of causing children’s autism disorders, all charges dropped against environmental toxins! Once upon a time the medical community accepted without critical analysis the speculation that aloof, cold “refrigerator” moms caused their children’s autism disorders. Eventually that so called theory was exposed as a
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Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Do Genetics Play ANY Role in Causing Autism?
“Autism is linked to different genes in different people,
and multiple genes could be involved in each affected person.”
Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News, November 1, 2011
Do genetics play ANY role in causing autism?
The view that a…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Conor Doherty Challenges Silly Autism Theory: Parental Stress Causes Autism? Really Dr. Maté? Really?
Conor Doherty, October 15, 2011, Out for a stroll with Dad and showing no obvious signs of stress in his life
In my last blog post I commented on Dr. Gabor Maté’s theory that parental stress causes autism disorders including Autistic Disor…
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism & Environment Study:Genetics Only Autism Gang Running Scared, Creates Faux Controversy
Scared by althetrainer
The “it’s gotta be genetic” gang is running scared over the recent twins study which confirms the pardigm shift in autism causation from 100% genetic to a gene-environment interaction model and which places much greater emphasis …
Facing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism Research Awakening: Environment Plays A Role In Causing Autism
“We have to look also at environmental factors, and from my point of view, the interaction between the genetic factors and the environmental factors … It looks like some shared environmental factors play a role in autism, and the study really poin…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Blaming Parents: Autism Families Torn Apart by Ignorance
Families with autistic children, parents who love their autistic children dearly, must endure much in order to live a normal life with their children, to be happy with their children to see them grow and develop to the best of their abilities n…
Continue readingFacing Autism in New Brunswick: Autism’s Compelling Question: What is Causing Spontaneous Mutations Linked to Autism?
“One compelling question is what is causing the mutations … The obvious conclusion one has to reach is that something environmental may well be the cause of these [spontaneous] changes in DNA”
Irva Hertz-Picciotto, autism researcher and professo…