Published on 12, July, 2020
Suppose you have the funding and technical skills to carry out autism research (e.g., questionnaires, qualitative interviews, MRI, EEG, behavioural experiments, virtual reality, etc). What kind of research question would you like to ask? What autism question do you think is still not well known, and what would be your solution to solving it, or extend current knowledge?
I'd be interested in the genetics of autism and following it through family trees.
Especially when autistic people are less likely to be in relationships so less likely to pass their genes on.
Is it just the high-functioning auties passing on the baton?
The last big announcement of genetic research found there are many different unrelated genes and their interactions and genes that cause mutations that can or cannot result in some genes to cause or not to cause autism and basically they found dozens more questions and haven't answered any of the one's they asked.. basically it's so complex even scientists aren't sure what to make of their findings . I obviously don't understand a thing
There is a lot of genetical research going on and autistic activists and autistic scientists argue that it is disproportionate and potentially unethical. What would be the practical application of genetic research? What would be the effect on human diversity and general pull of talents and abilities if autism was genetically cleaned out?
I worry about the genetics research into autism as there is the risk that it could open the door to eugenics, also what worries me is alot of the people who are studying this in the states have firm ties with people who want to eradicate autism.
Not their job to consider it - they only care about risk & profit.
Who on earth do they think advanced science and technology? To some degree they would be shooting themselves in the head.