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Autism Disorders and Intellectual Disability: Claim that 75-80% of Persons with Autistic Disorder are Intellectually Disabled i by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 03 May 2010 2:41am As I mentioned in my previous post Alan Griswold of Autistic Aphorisms is one of those comfortable with speculation that Jesus Christ may have been autistic but is not comfortable with the fact that many persons with Autistic Disorder are Intellectually Disabled. Mr. Griswold and Astrid at at Astrid's Journal disagree with my numerical referenc ... Read on »

Autism Diagnoses: DSM V Should Separate Autistic Disorder from Aspergers and HFA by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 12 May 2009 3:23pm

3 Comments There are two major problems with the current DSM categorisation of Pervasive Developmental, or Autism Spectrum, Disorders. One is the lack of any relevant distinction between Aspergers Disorder and those with higher functioning PDD -NOS and autistic disorders. The other DSM problem which generates much unnecessary conflict is the inclusio ... Read on »

Ari's Omission : Autistic Disorder and Aspergers Disorder are Critically Different Disorders by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 17 May 2009 10:12pm Why do some persons with Aspergers Disorder insist on the right to speak for persons with Autistic Disorder, to tell the world that persons with Autistic Disorder do not want to be cured, and why does the media let them get away with it? Newsweek has now become the latest stop for Ari Ne'eman, a very intelligent, highly articulate gentleman ... Read on »

Steven Higgs on Autism - One Half Sentence for Autistic Disorder, One Whole Article for Aspergers by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 04 Jul 2010 11:45pm Steven Higgs has been a refreshing voice on the autism internet. He doesn't simply regurgitate the official line on issues and his journalism background and writing skills are always helpful. When it comes to autism "spectrum" disorders though Steven Higgs does what most in the mainsream media and on the internet do ... he ignores almost enti ... Read on »

Autism Twitter Day Should Include Severe, Low Functioning, Autistic Disorder Realities by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 08 Dec 2008 4:53am

1 Comment December 16, 2008 will be Autism Twitter Day, an excellent idea from Bonnie Sayers/autism family. I hope though that Autism Twitter Day, in an effort to be positive, does not exclude the severely autistic - those persons with Autistic Disorder who are low functioning and cognitively impaired. On Autism Twitter Day let us not forget those persons ... Read on »

Autism Rising in California: 1200% Increase In Autistic Disorder Cases 1987-2007 by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 07 May 2009 7:56pm

1 Comment San Jose's Mercury News.com reports that a new California state study released this week shows a 12 fold or 1200% increase in classic autism, or Autistic Disorder, cases over a 20 year period. The state's general population grew by only 27% during that same period. From 1987 to 2007, the number of people with autism receiving services at stat ... Read on »

Do Study Results Involving High Functioning Autism Subjects Automatically Apply to Persons with Autistic Disorder and Intellect by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 05 Jan 2010 2:36am Can the results of studies involving subjects with High Functioning Autism automatically be applied to persons with Low Functioning Autism, to the 75-80% of persons with Autistic Disorder who are cognitively impaired? In Brain Serotonin and Dopamine Transporter Bindings in Adults With High-Functioning Autism the authors are carefu ... Read on »

Comment on “Timing of Increased Autistic Disorder Cumulative Incidence” by Kev Leitch Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 19 Jan 2012 1:40pm In 2010 a paper was published called “ Timing of increased autistic disorder cumulative incidence .” The paper has made very little, if any, impact on the scientific community. But it has become part of the stable of poor quality papers used by those claiming that vaccines caused an autism epidemic. The paper took data from other publi ... Read on »

I Will Not Cower In Fear, I Will Honor My Son by Speaking the Truth About His Autistic Disorder and His Intellectual Disabilit by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sat 05 Jun 2010 6:36am As expected I received more flak when I posted another comment about the CDC Autism Expert Dr. Yeargin-Allsopp's comments confirming that 40% of all persons on the entire autism spectrum also have an intellectual disability. Dr. Yeargin-Allsopp's comments also mentioned that an overwhelming majority of persons with an Autistic Disorder diagnos ... Read on »

Alex Plank with Aspergers Does Not Want To Be Cured But He Does Not Speak for My Son with Autistic Disorder by Harold L D. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 7:09pm The major media is again featuring a high functioning person with Aspergers who claims that autistics don't want to be cured . In the Chicago Tribune.com Alex Plank offers the anti-cure ideology promoted by Jim Sinclair, Michelle Dawson and Amanda Baggs, all very high functioning persons with pervasive developmental disorders which are o ... Read on »