View Single Post
Old 01-30-2006, 11:06 PM   #8
richlevy
King Of Wishful Thinking
 
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Philadelphia Suburbs
Posts: 6,669
I can't really say that there is anything to that theory. It's true that some Autistic children have parents with scientific or even Aspergers traits, at my son's school the parents are very diverse in background and temprement. I've always felt that I had some mild Aspergers traits, but I've never been diagnosed with it.

I have heard about Autism hot spots around certain types of factories, etc.

It's hard to track since someone would need to keep a database of the child's whereabouts from conception through 4-5 years. I doubt the government would want that study, since they might not like the answer.

I'm still not sure if Autism is genetic, environmental, or a combination of the two.
__________________
Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE!
I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama
richlevy is offline   Reply With Quote