Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 My kids have perfectly nice shaped heads. There was a study a while back concluding that people with autism had larger than typical heads. I don't remember the details to that though. Anyone else read that one? Roxanna Autism Happens _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Sandy Sent: Monday, June 12, 2006 1:05 AM Subject: ( ) Headshape? Someone mentioned to me the other day that he can tell what kid has Autism by the shape of his/her head...Apparently, there is a certain high bump in the back, Has anyone ever heard of this??? Seems kinda out there but my kid does have that " high bump " ...It's so funny because he was talking about one particular boy who lives down the street and his mom was right behind him, he didn't even know, I just walked away. We had a block party this weekend. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 That's too funny. When my son was a baby, his uncle always commented on how big his head was. I didn't think it was that big, but it was a little larger than the norm, I guess. Big head, big brain! ;-) Debbie (in NJ) Roxanna wrote: > My kids have perfectly nice shaped heads. There was a study a while back > concluding that people with autism had larger than typical heads. I don't > remember the details to that though. Anyone else read that one? > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 My boys both were born with slightly larger heads, and they are still larger than the average... funny story....at church one evening, a couple of families were chatting & our pre-schoolers were playing follow the leader in the fellowship hall, all born within 2 months of each other...one of the paths took them under our roll around dividers...well, everyone made it through except my aspie son, who after realizing he couldn't go through head first put his feet & body through, & then got so frustrated that he still couldn't go through, rolled to his back & laid there kicking his feet and screaming...the proud parent moments! Hugs & Peace, Sheri Briley http://my2.tupperware.com/johnbriley __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2006 Report Share Posted June 12, 2006 Here is a link for it. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1338835 -- ( ) Headshape? Someone mentioned to me the other day that he can tell what kid has Autism by the shape of his/her head...Apparently, there is a certain high bump in the back, Has anyone ever heard of this??? Seems kinda out there but my kid does have that " high bump " ...It's so funny because he was talking about one particular boy who lives down the street and his mom was right behind him, he didn't even know, I just walked away. We had a block party this weekend. Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 _BBC NEWS | Health | Autism linked to brain growth_ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3067149.stm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Can someone tell me what the average size head is suppose to be? When both of my boys were born their heads measured at 14 centimeters and everyone seemed to think they had large heads. My husband has a large head as does most of his family. Barb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 I am pretty sure the reasearch that associated head size with Autism found that the heads were normal at birth, but grew very large over the next couple of years. I always wondered about that as well because my AS son had such a large head before birth that the ultrasound machine would not take the measurements, it kept saying " remeasure--not within limits " . That is not what you want to hear 4 weeks before a vaginal delivery. The nurse just said, oh he will be very smart, and he is. Becky > > > My kids have perfectly nice shaped heads. There was a study a while back > > concluding that people with autism had larger than typical heads. I don't > > remember the details to that though. Anyone else read that one? > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 Yes! This is exactly what I was thinking of. Thanks Pam! Roxanna Autism Happens _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of ppanda65@... Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 6:43 AM Subject: Re: ( ) Headshape? _BBC NEWS | Health | Autism linked to brain growth_ (http://news. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3067149.stm> bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3067149.stm) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2006 Report Share Posted June 13, 2006 My girl is borderline aspie, but her head is very small. On the other hand, she had torticollis (wry-neck) and also has lace reticulatta ( or known as marble skin). > > Someone mentioned to me the other day that he can tell what kid has > Autism by the shape of his/her head...Apparently, there is a certain > high bump in the back, Has anyone ever heard of this??? Seems kinda > out there but my kid does have that " high bump " ...It's so funny because > he was talking about one particular boy who lives down the street and > his mom was right behind him, he didn't even know, I just walked away. > We had a block party this weekend. > > Sandy > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 14, 2006 Report Share Posted June 14, 2006 I think this head shape issue is interesting. Actually, my daughter had a large head before she was born as well as after. The doctor wanted to move up her due date. She is a high functioning as. > > Yes! This is exactly what I was thinking of. Thanks Pam! > > > > Roxanna > > Autism Happens > > _____ > > From: > [mailto: ] On Behalf Of ppanda65@... > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 6:43 AM > > Subject: Re: ( ) Headshape? > > > > _BBC NEWS | Health | Autism linked to brain growth_ > (http://news. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3067149.stm> > bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3067149.stm) > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 The head shape issue is really interesting to me. We are currently having testing done on my son because he has a large head. His head has actually grew 1 and 1/2 inches in the last 8 months. He has also grown 2 inches in height and gained 15 pounds. Major growth spirt. Anyways, they are doing a bone x-ray to see what his bone age is. They are also sendong us to a Neuropsychologist to determine for sure if he has Aspergers. The reason for the bone scan is because of his size of his head. They think that he may have a disorder alled Sotos Syndrome. I have looked up this syndrome and honestly I do not see any of the symptoms in my son. I see Aspergers all over him. He totally fits into this group and I can totally relate to everything here. I guess i will have to mention the large head information to the gentetisit. Janie > > > > Yes! This is exactly what I was thinking of. Thanks Pam! > > > > > > > > Roxanna > > > > Autism Happens > > > > _____ > > > > From: > > [mailto: ] On Behalf Of ppanda65@ > > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 6:43 AM > > > > Subject: Re: ( ) Headshape? > > > > > > > > _BBC NEWS | Health | Autism linked to brain growth_ > > (http://news. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3067149.stm> > > bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3067149.stm) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 Most children with AS and other type of PDDs do have at least slighly larger heads. It seems to be one of the underlying anatomical characteristics. Indeed, they not only have larger heads, they have larger brains in general. That enables them to have such good memory, and other interesting traits, though it makes connections among neurons more difficult; a more crowded and therfore less interconnected brain. The fewer connections also explains all the difficulties they have integrating and processing some thoughts; so they are just as smart or smarter, but weird for mainstream standards. Women in general have smaller but more connected brains than men. You could say that women use their brains more efficiently -and we all have heard all the jokes about that :-( , but also that diffreence makes us men a little better a certain things that may require more use of localized areas of the brain, but worse at those that require interconnections. That is also the exact reason why AS tends to be more obvious among boys. If girls naturally have more connections, a little bigger brain with more neurons but less connections does not affect their capacity to integrate as much as it affects boys. They still have AS, but many go unnoticed, and the characteristics tend to be less pronounced. Have a great day. F > > > > > > Yes! This is exactly what I was thinking of. Thanks Pam! > > > > > > > > > > > > Roxanna > > > > > > Autism Happens > > > > > > _____ > > > > > > From: > > > [mailto: ] On Behalf Of ppanda65@ > > > Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 6:43 AM > > > > > > Subject: Re: ( ) Headshape? > > > > > > > > > > > > _BBC NEWS | Health | Autism linked to brain growth_ > > > (http://news. <http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3067149.stm> > > > bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3067149.stm) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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