Odd question from another autistic

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If someone has a child with fetal alcohol syndrome, that's what they have--,even though they might have qualities of autism.

There is a lot of confusion at the moment but bit by bit we're chipping away at it. If you look closely enough you'll discover some of this same confusion within your self as well. Which of your foibles and odd quirks are specifically caused by autism, and which are the result of other factors such as childhood trauma? And which are simply a part of your own innate character? It's very difficult to try to sort the wheat from the chaff.

The more we learn the easier it should get.

 

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@RemyZee,
the model that I subscribe to is

1. autism [ASD1] is a hereditary form of neuro-diversity, and
2. severe co-morbid conditions [of ASD2/3] are triggered by environmental insults, acting on our irregular immune systems (in early childhood).

Said insult was not significantly present prior to 1979.

2014-CA DDS* Autism Cases By Birth Year​

*DDS autism means ASD2/3 only; not including ASD1.