Has anyone got any experience of Autism ?

I have none whatsoever ,except the belief that my Father, long dead, was slightly affected.

There used to be a poster on here called rebel8 who was I believe a professional in the mental health field,and could point you to publications on it.

Try a PM to rebel8. If not search the Net,but I hope others on here can be more help via personal experience.

good luck,

Love

Wobble

Thanks Wobble, nice to meet you x

I have worked with autistic children, autism is caused due to the frontal lobes of the brain being damaged.

How nice to have a simple and definitive answer to such a complex condition.  My wife works at a special school which caters specifically for children on the autistic spectrum, perhaps you'd like to share your great knowledge and undoubted insight with the teachers there?  Maybe you should write a paper and submit it to those poor professionals who are wasting their time and resources researching into the causes of autism.

How silly of them, they just need to ask angel eyes!

Idiot.

http://autism.about.com/od/whatisautism/p/autismcauses.htm 

what? I gave a little info..as was unsure what they wanted...How haugty you are...that needs working on clearly.

Im actually qualified to work with mute and autistic children, so yes i know what im talking about, yet i dont say too much unless more questions were asked then id say, along with others who may wish to say also. Dearie me, some are a little behind arent we.

my son developed autism at age 3.i believe he was poisioned by the mercury in the shots.they finally took the mercury out of the childhood vaccines in the early 2000s.it still remains in all flu shots though,autism is mainly a american problem because this country over-vaccinates the children.there has never been a case of autism in an amish child because they never get vaccinations.dont get the swine flu shot-it has 4 times the mercury as a standard flu shot.it also contains aluminum,squalyne,and anti-freeze.

angel-how are the autistic childrens frontal lobes damaged?

I recall being taught that its to do with the developement of the frontal lobes. Frontal lobes are smaller with autistic children,persons.

I shall have to find the book I was given on the course, the school i worked at sent me on the course, it was great, so much to learn though. The little boy i worked with had a booster and his parents feel it was that which caused his autism.

Brain damage to the frontal lobes, head injuries etc.... this makes the person unaware of there surroundings etc.

I think you're confusing autism with something else AE.  As a mother of an autistic child I'm not offended by your opinion because that's all it is...an opinion.

No, thats what we have been taught, it was many years ago....1995? 96? not my opinon by far. Maybe on google there is new research....my notes are well and truly boxed up in the loft but there was still much research to be done, Dr's were never really too sure.....sure google will say the same :)

my grandson is now 6 years old, extremely sociable & touchy feely, but is mute.  He does make alot of his own sounds. He loves school and has many friends, just so adorable it breaks my heart to think I will never hear him call me grandma.He is also a little devil and knows how to get his own way.

AE....what is this connection with frontal lobes damage, not heard that one ??????

Am convinced it was connected to the vaccine, he was chattering non stop before that.....baby chatter I mean lol

Research on the cognitive deficits and neurology of individuals with autism suggests the presence of abnormalities in a number of areas. This may be because an early defect in the functioning of one or more areas of the brain alters the development of multiple other areas. The following sections describe evidence supporting dysfunctions in autism of four areas of the brain: The amygdala, the frontal lobe, the temporal lobe, and the cerebellum.

According to Temple Grandin symptoms that resemble frontal lobe damage are a big part of autism. In other words, a person with autism shows symptoms that are similar to someone with undeveloped frontal lobes, even though the autistic person does not have a smaller or damaged frontal lobe.

Grandin says: “…even though autistic people have a normal-sized neocortex including normal-sized frontal lobes, [autistic people’s] brains function as if [the] frontal lobes were either much smaller or not fully developed.”

Grandin theorizes that the appearance of frontal lobe problems in autistic people is caused by a lower than normal amount of communication between the frontal lobes and other parts of the brain.

In support of this hypothesis she states that while scientists have not found undeveloped frontal lobes in autistic people, they have found fewer connections between cortical regions and also between the cortex and the subcortex. The lack of connections (and therefore lack of communication) between parts of the autistic brain leads to less input from the rest of the brain into the frontal lobes. Without the proper input the frontal lobes can’t give proper output.

Certain cognitive and behavioural deficits suggest that thefrontal lobe functions abnormally in patients with autism, butlittle anatomical research is available to either verify orrefute this. In contrast, several neuropathological and neuroimagingstudies have demonstrated anatomical abnormalities in the cerebellumin autistic patients. The current study shows that frontal lobecortex volume is increased in a subset of patients with autismand that this increase correlates with the degree of cerebellarabnormality. This evidence of concurrent structural abnormalitiesin both the frontal lobe and the cerebellum has important implicationsfor understanding the development and persistence of the autisticdisorder.

JUST a few bits from google....frontal lobes mentioned many times.

Much to think about here.......thanks AE

your welcome :)

I'm on the spectrum, anything you want to know judi8751?

As Autism is indeed a spectrum,hence my saying that my lovely and talented Father was slightly affected, I do not doubt that the brilliant Leolaia is also  "on the spectrum"

And anyone wanting more info or help would benefit from P.M ing her , or discussing with her on open forum here , rather than with someone lacking in even basic common sense who due to posting rules Iwill not name but , her name on here begins with A and ends in S, no more clues now !

Did you notice that  no references are quoted for her assertions,  ??

I  think judi8751 deserves some real help, not pseudo-science from people who know nothing,  that can lead to making some AWFUL decisions.

love

wobble

Wobble you are so funny lol

Leolalai......nice to meet you, really dont know where to start , so much info about, but more questions than answers. Do you know any mutes who are now verbal?

Tell me about yourself , would love to know x