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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 can't read the article as it wants me to pay, but I'm wondering if they took gene expression into account?

    I remember some years ago hearing about identical twins, one who stayed slim and the other who was overweight - this was apparently because of a difference in gene expression. I think they said that the gene for being slim was switched off in the overweight twin, due to environmental factors. So perhaps some genes in older autistic people are switched off by factors such as stress (which is a common experience for autistic people)

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  • I can't read the article as it wants me to pay, but I'm wondering if they took gene expression into account?

    I remember some years ago hearing about identical twins, one who stayed slim and the other who was overweight - this was apparently because of a difference in gene expression. I think they said that the gene for being slim was switched off in the overweight twin, due to environmental factors. So perhaps some genes in older autistic people are switched off by factors such as stress (which is a common experience for autistic people)

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