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Difference between those diagnosed early to those diagnosed later

TheCatWoman

According to research theres different genes involved in those diagnosed as young children to those diagnosed later in life and certainly those of us who were diagnosed as adults. The research states that theres no one cause of autism and that multiple genes are involved.

There's an article on it in todays Guardian newspaper.

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  • I find the study to be problematic because it has no way of being able to perform the same genetic tests at the same childhood age of those who were late diagnosed, so it cannot make any baseline.

    There is also no confirmed genetic identification for autism so using genetic profiles to compare children and adults with the same condition using genetics seems flawed to me.

    There could be a number of scenarios where the genetics they are looking at are irrelevant to autsm so to reach their conclusion seems premature.

    An interesting study but based on flawed methodology in my opinion.

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  • I find the study to be problematic because it has no way of being able to perform the same genetic tests at the same childhood age of those who were late diagnosed, so it cannot make any baseline.

    There is also no confirmed genetic identification for autism so using genetic profiles to compare children and adults with the same condition using genetics seems flawed to me.

    There could be a number of scenarios where the genetics they are looking at are irrelevant to autsm so to reach their conclusion seems premature.

    An interesting study but based on flawed methodology in my opinion.

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