What do you think of the link of autism and premature babies?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080402/ap_on_he_me/autism_preemies;_ylt=AjAoK4TNXAcELHbag1FhsDOs0NUE
Does anyone here have an autistic child that was born premature? I was reading this article on yahoo this morning, and wondered.
The biggest reason that more people are diagnosed today is because they have broadened the criteria. Instead of letting a child have any natural quirks they just slap a label on them. Makes me sick to be honest.
It appears there is some sort of trigger and nobody can seem to figure out what that is.
I’m not convinced vaccines have caused it but the crap they put in some of those vaccines can’t possibly be good for you anyway. I also don’t agree with loading up such immature immune systems with 4 & 5 diseases at once. We’ve spaced our sons further apart — and yes he’s up to date.
My son was born at 35 weeks and has some quirks and sensory issues but is not autistic. Also 35 weeks obviously wouldn’t be considered extremely premature.
Reading the answer above me makes me want to add this:
When my son was 12-16 months old or so, we were concerned someone was going to start throwing around the autism label with our son. He certainly had some of items on the checklist but he has since outgrown almost all of them. The things he is left with are quite mild.
December 12th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
Even if it’s true, there’s not a lot you can do about it — the baby comes when it comes…
Besides which, I’d observe that 1 in 4 babies shows SIGNS of autism — that doesn’t mean they HAVE full-blown autism…
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December 12th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
I think it’s also vaccines too. It’s such a devastating & sad disease. My friend is a grandma & has 2 autistic grand kids.
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December 12th, 2009 at 11:25 pm
My friend’s premature son, is also autistic. He is a lovely 7 year old now. I think there is a relation. I’ve read somewhere.
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December 12th, 2009 at 11:42 pm
I believe Autism is hereditary or an environmental factor. If it wasn’t many more would get it from vaccines. We didn’t have as many vaccines back when i was a kid, and yet there was still a lot of autism.
With the link to premature babies, they are saying that the early tests showed signs of Autism. It doesn’t mean extreme prematurity causes autism, but rather that it might be among contributing factors.
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December 12th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
I’ve been trying to do research about how vaccines are related to autism.. and there is research that shows that mercury and other ingredients in vaccines can cause neural toxicity in infants… hence why I am not allowing my child to get vaccines anymore. There is info out there on it… but not much… I wonder why???
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December 13th, 2009 at 12:28 am
The study, released Wednesday and published in the April issue of the journal Pediatrics, involved 91 children aged 18 months to 2 years old. On average, they were born 10 weeks early weighing less than 4 pounds. Screening results found suspected autism in 23 children, or 25 percent.
Preemies could catch up
The screening test is a 23-item checklist for parents, asking about behavior in very young children. The test is designed to screen youngsters before age 2, which is the more typical age of autism diagnosis. More comprehensive and definitive autism testing at around age 2 is recommended for those with positive screening results.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23904061/
I was watching the news about this study and there were alot of problems with how it was done. First, only 91 babies were observed in the study. That is extremely low number to draw any conclusions. Second, the parents of the babies were given a checklist of autistic symptoms and told to check any of them that they observed in the children. So the babies were not diagnosed with autism by a doctor, but by their parents who are not trained to diagnose this disease.
There may be link, I have no idea. But from what I heard, the link should not be biased on this study.
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December 13th, 2009 at 12:45 am
The biggest reason that more people are diagnosed today is because they have broadened the criteria. Instead of letting a child have any natural quirks they just slap a label on them. Makes me sick to be honest.
It appears there is some sort of trigger and nobody can seem to figure out what that is.
I’m not convinced vaccines have caused it but the crap they put in some of those vaccines can’t possibly be good for you anyway. I also don’t agree with loading up such immature immune systems with 4 & 5 diseases at once. We’ve spaced our sons further apart — and yes he’s up to date.
My son was born at 35 weeks and has some quirks and sensory issues but is not autistic. Also 35 weeks obviously wouldn’t be considered extremely premature.
Reading the answer above me makes me want to add this:
When my son was 12-16 months old or so, we were concerned someone was going to start throwing around the autism label with our son. He certainly had some of items on the checklist but he has since outgrown almost all of them. The things he is left with are quite mild.
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December 13th, 2009 at 1:15 am
AHHHHHHH!!!! Vaccines DO NOT CAUSE AUTISM!!! Sure you can find a lot of stories on the internet about that. Alot of them are just anectdotal. Anyone can say anything on the internet, that doesn’t mean its true. When these allegations are held to strict scientific methods they do not hold water. They have recently found several different genetic markers for autism. I think it is probably genetic with some environmental factors that can precipitate it. It makes since that preemies would have increased autism. Unfortunately when you are born too early your brain is not fully formed and you are also susceptible to bleeding in the immature blood vessels in the brain.
No one remembers when whooping cough, diptheria, measles and polio were devastating to millions or people!! Vaccines have done a lot of good. Spreading the misinformation on vaccines is potentially very harmful.
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