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Brain scan

emanningis

Ever had a brain scan done that shows your autistic brain working differently (than other brains)? 

It would be useful to have an entry on autism.org.uk but is there one? Seems there isn't yet.

I'd be curious to find out in which cases the scan is radically different, for example.

And it probably varies for each individual, but along with some regularities as well.

(I don't mean so much for diagnosis, though.)

Parents

  • I have had two scans that showed my head, one specific for a neurologist examination in 2022 and then another for ENT ears nose and throat examination in 2026. The first scan was interesting and showed increased areas of repetition in my brain that autistics can have also the repetition and mine tested as moderate in the ADOS test for repetition.

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    “There are a few periventricular and subcortical white matter signal abnormalities bilaterally which are nonspecific but more than expected for patient of this age”.

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  • I have had two scans that showed my head, one specific for a neurologist examination in 2022 and then another for ENT ears nose and throat examination in 2026. The first scan was interesting and showed increased areas of repetition in my brain that autistics can have also the repetition and mine tested as moderate in the ADOS test for repetition.

    "
    “There are a few periventricular and subcortical white matter signal abnormalities bilaterally which are nonspecific but more than expected for patient of this age”.

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  • in reply to RachelO

    This is the study that I read as well, those findings above are from my report of my MRI.

    "Periventricular WMH volume was not associated with age but was associated with greater restricted repetitive behaviors on both parent-reported and clinician-rated assessment inventories. Thus, findings demonstrate that periventricular WMH volume is elevated in ASD and associated with a higher degree of repetitive behaviors and restricted interests. Although the etiology of focal WMH clusters is unknown, the absence of age effects suggests that they may reflect a static anomaly."

    pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/.../