Odd question from another autistic

[NB79]

By definition, co-morbids are secondary conditions; on top of one's autism.
There is no shame in that.
It is the severe co-morbids that are inexplicably on the rise, not autism generally.

From where you got all that info may i ask? it's interesting. Is a 'interest' to know about this to you.

 

[vergil96]

It would take a severe allergy to cause an injury. The most I got from mine is a rash.

 

[Crossbreed]

It would take a severe allergy to cause an injury.

Less so during early child brain development.
Besides, you are ASD1. That injury model only applies to the severe co-morbids associated with ASD2 & 3.

 

[vergil96]

What is the prevalence of such allergies in the general population? I have simply never heard of an allergy that causes brain damage, even though I have autoimmune issues - inherited from the other side of the family than autism - and have read a lot and in depth about autoimmune conditions.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Well, I guess I'm doing my part then. Emotional dysregulation AND immune dysregulation. Oh - and blood pressure dysregulation, and body temperature dysregulation...

Oh my goodness, yes. I have the all the same. I thought I was crazy until I learned how common these are in autists.

 

[Outsider]

I am skeptical about autism being a hereditary condition because in most cases the genes that supposedly cause autism have not been identified. There is evidence, for example, that the women who consumed alcohol during pregnancy are more likely to have autistic children than the ones who didn't . There are other environmental factors as well, and there are plenty of proven environmental causes of autism.

 

[Mary Terry]

It would take a severe allergy to cause an injury. The most I got from mine is a rash.

You're lucky. I nearly died from taking aspirin, ended up in the emergency room and was shot full of epinephrine to enable me to breathe. That's an acute allergy that can cause death.

 

[Rodafina]

There is evidence, for example, that the women who consumed alcohol during pregnancy are more likely to have autistic children than the ones who didn't . There are other environmental factors as well, and there are plenty of proven environmental causes of autism.

Could you please provide the sources of this information?

 

[Mary Terry]

I am skeptical about autism being a hereditary condition because in most cases the genes that supposedly cause autism have not been identified. There is evidence, for example, that the women who consumed alcohol during pregnancy are more likely to have autistic children than the ones who didn't . There are other environmental factors as well, and there are plenty of proven environmental causes of autism.

I think you're confusing fetal alcohol syndrome with autism. They are not the same thing.