Guest guest Posted November 15, 2004 Report Share Posted November 15, 2004 " by the way starting the period was no big deal for her. She picked up on caring for herself too!!! I found a research article afterwards on this subject which said the same!!Yea!! " You are lucky. My girl with autism didn't pick it up well at all, and it has been an absolute nightmare for quite some time. As she has gotten older it has gotten much better, but the first 2-3 years were horrendous. nna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 FYI This is an informative group, some of the members are women on the spectrum and their insight can be very helpful. Autism_in_Girls/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 FYI This is an informative group, some of the members are women on the spectrum and their insight can be very helpful. Autism_in_Girls/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 I am very interested in this topic since it is my daughter that is affected but not my son. Plus I have another daughter with some anxiety issues. I read an article a long time ago when she was first diagnosed in the Schafer report that indicated that there was some evidence that females with autism that had a strong negative mood component actually had improvement after they began their menses. I have yet to see anything else about that. None of the DAN researchers seemed to think much of the minority of girls that have the condition although there is thought that estrogen provides protection in females fetuses or children to the toxins. You would think someone would be interested in these girls wondering if the fact they have autism would hold any keys to further unlocking the mystery. Although some of the DAN docs felt that girls either got a lite dusty of the condition or a severe version that was hard to treat. Someone in the posts mentioned an article but I couldn't what it was - Please repeat. Jeneane Houston, TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 I am very interested in this topic since it is my daughter that is affected but not my son. Plus I have another daughter with some anxiety issues. I read an article a long time ago when she was first diagnosed in the Schafer report that indicated that there was some evidence that females with autism that had a strong negative mood component actually had improvement after they began their menses. I have yet to see anything else about that. None of the DAN researchers seemed to think much of the minority of girls that have the condition although there is thought that estrogen provides protection in females fetuses or children to the toxins. You would think someone would be interested in these girls wondering if the fact they have autism would hold any keys to further unlocking the mystery. Although some of the DAN docs felt that girls either got a lite dusty of the condition or a severe version that was hard to treat. Someone in the posts mentioned an article but I couldn't what it was - Please repeat. Jeneane Houston, TX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 Jeneane, I sure hope that strong negative mood component thing is accurate!!! Aliza --- Jeneane Serrano <Jeneane.Serrano@...> wrote: > > I am very interested in this topic since it is my > daughter that is > affected but not my son. Plus I have another > daughter with some > anxiety issues. > > I read an article a long time ago when she was first > diagnosed in the > Schafer report that indicated that there was some > evidence that > females with autism that had a strong negative mood > component > actually had improvement after they began their > menses. > > I have yet to see anything else about that. > > None of the DAN researchers seemed to think much of > the minority of > girls that have the condition although there is > thought that estrogen > provides protection in females fetuses or children > to the toxins. > > You would think someone would be interested in these > girls wondering > if the fact they have autism would hold any keys to > further unlocking > the mystery. > > Although some of the DAN docs felt that girls either > got a lite dusty > of the condition or a severe version that was hard > to treat. > > Someone in the posts mentioned an article but I > couldn't what it was - > Please repeat. > > Jeneane > Houston, TX > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 17, 2004 Report Share Posted November 17, 2004 Jeneane, I sure hope that strong negative mood component thing is accurate!!! Aliza --- Jeneane Serrano <Jeneane.Serrano@...> wrote: > > I am very interested in this topic since it is my > daughter that is > affected but not my son. Plus I have another > daughter with some > anxiety issues. > > I read an article a long time ago when she was first > diagnosed in the > Schafer report that indicated that there was some > evidence that > females with autism that had a strong negative mood > component > actually had improvement after they began their > menses. > > I have yet to see anything else about that. > > None of the DAN researchers seemed to think much of > the minority of > girls that have the condition although there is > thought that estrogen > provides protection in females fetuses or children > to the toxins. > > You would think someone would be interested in these > girls wondering > if the fact they have autism would hold any keys to > further unlocking > the mystery. > > Although some of the DAN docs felt that girls either > got a lite dusty > of the condition or a severe version that was hard > to treat. > > Someone in the posts mentioned an article but I > couldn't what it was - > Please repeat. > > Jeneane > Houston, TX > > > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 18, 2004 Report Share Posted November 18, 2004 Judevine is a great place. Candis --- bfdamiller@... wrote: > My daughter in six years old and has been diagnosed > since the age of 2. She > went to preschool with two other girls with autism > and now she has another one > in her autism classroom. Her teachers were excited > when Rebeka started > kindergarten because she was their first little girl > in their special classroom. > > Rebeka also went to the Judevine Center for Autism > in St. Louis where she met > a couple of other girls with autism, but boys were > definitely in the majority. > > Rebeka's mom > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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