CHYS 2P35 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Autism Spectrum, Limbic System, Down Syndrome
1 Oct 2016
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In the majority of cases there is intellectual impairment (iq = 70>) Reduced activity in frontal lobes, limbic system, amygdala. * children with down syndrome - 12/14 (86%) * children with asperger"s do not experience intellectual or language impairments. * pharmaceutical companies that produced the vaccine were callously risking and sacrificing helpless children in pursuit of profit. * significant increase in the prevalence rates of autism. * autism definition was expanded to include a spectrum . * if you looked at the original definition, prevalnce rates have remained stable (1 in 400) * careful studies of 500 children in denmark and 2 million children in sweden. * these studies showed that there was no higher incidence of autism among children who had been vaccinated than among children who had not been vaccinated. * monozygotic twin concordance rate = . 50 - . 90. * most parents of children with asd notice a developmental problem before their child"s first.
