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Trump on autism

Wordsmith

The Guardian is reporting that Trump has just teased that he will be making an important announcement on autism tomorrow (quite how this was relevant in the middle of a eulogy for Charlie Kirk is not clear but that’s the Great Orange Blimp for you). Looks like we can expect mums taking paracetamol during pregnancy to be blamed and folinic acid to be touted as a cure.

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  • Wow I thought Kier Strarmer was bad. But he’s nothing compared to trump. Why can’t people just respect others and just accept that we are all different. It’s not as if we were all made via a genesis chamber. Though I think I’d rather have general zod as a ruler compared to trump. I will be asking my mum how many times she took paracetamol 26 years ago. All I know is I was born early due to her complications but that’s why I was born early because she needed medication. Is being born earlier than due date a cause of autism or adhd? 

  • in reply to Elfilis
    Elfilis said:
    Is being born earlier than due date a cause of autism or adhd? 

    I note this comment from the article:

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/trump-autism-cause-tylenol-science-b2831450.html

    Researchers have identified other factors that can interact with genetic vulnerability to increase the risk of autism. They include the age of a child’s father, preterm birth and whether the mother had certain health problems during pregnancy, such as fevers, infections or diabetes.

    I'm researching the current suspected causes of autism to put together a discussion piece here and this was one of the points I came across. I have not done a deep dive yet to form an opinion on if this seems valid.

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  • in reply to Iain

    Ahh ok thank you for your comment and the link. I will have a read of it properly later on. If it’s any consolation my dad is actually couple years younger than my mum but my mum had no complications whilst having me until December that year due to her pancreatitis but that was just a coincidence she was having me apparently and I was born early so she could have the meds. I think I was only in hospital and incubation for about five to seven days but again I don’t see how all this relates to autism haha.