Mais uma evidência conectando inteligencia e autismo
Socioeconomic gradients in autism cases may not be self-selected JULY 13, 2010 tags: research blogging , personal stuff , autism , public health by EcoPhysioMichelle Throughout my life, I’ve often been told (usually by way of consolation) that autistic children are born to intelligent families. One of my two younger brothers has severe autism. I was very young when he was diagnosed, and for a while he was treated as though he had a speech and language disorder. If I had to guess, I would say that he was diagnosed around the age of 5-6. The earliest warning sign was that he didn’t start talking at the stage in development where that usually happens. While my brother is still fond of social interaction, his main symptom to this day (he’s now 23) remains an inability to carry a conversation. He uses language in a very crude manner, only stringing together 2-3 words at a time. “Go potty.” “All done.” “Hungry.” I have lots of feelings on this subject (believe me), but that’s not the po...