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hohner

I come from a line of welsh miners, I believe autism is environmental genetically based condition.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/spike/columnists/mining-boom-has-tragic-side-effect-more-children-with-autism/story-e6frerh6-1225863666380

A good overview of mining and high autism levels.

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  • Hope said:

    hohner, autism also occurs within middle-class professional populations, not just ex mining and industrial communities. In fact, autism occurs right across the occupational/class spectrum. And you can't compare the results of a famine with autism in this way. The second generation you mention, would presumably have been starved of vital nutrients in the womb, leading to the small stature you mention. But what has this got to do with autism?

    I tend to agree with Hope.  I come from a white collar family background and I have been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, I have an uncle who most likely is autistic (although he has not been diagnosed and is now in his 80s), I have had other uncles who have had issues relating to depression and alcoholism, one of my grandmothers suffered from depression.  And yet none of us come from mining communities, none of us ever worked down mines (to the best of my knowledge), etc.  

    I firmly believe that the cause of Autism is largely congenital and genetic, in relation to faulty genes passed down through blood-related families.  

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  • Hope said:

    hohner, autism also occurs within middle-class professional populations, not just ex mining and industrial communities. In fact, autism occurs right across the occupational/class spectrum. And you can't compare the results of a famine with autism in this way. The second generation you mention, would presumably have been starved of vital nutrients in the womb, leading to the small stature you mention. But what has this got to do with autism?

    I tend to agree with Hope.  I come from a white collar family background and I have been diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome, I have an uncle who most likely is autistic (although he has not been diagnosed and is now in his 80s), I have had other uncles who have had issues relating to depression and alcoholism, one of my grandmothers suffered from depression.  And yet none of us come from mining communities, none of us ever worked down mines (to the best of my knowledge), etc.  

    I firmly believe that the cause of Autism is largely congenital and genetic, in relation to faulty genes passed down through blood-related families.  

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