Remember the Amish study?

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One of the latest mainstream ideas for a cause for autism seems to be genetics,

and yet;

 

I 'borrowed' the following from Wikipedia. They talk about several genetic

disorders caused by their genetically closed communities, but there is no

mention of autism. Maybe there is no genetic link to autism? 

 

" Amish populations have higher incidences of particular genetic disorders,

including dwarfism (Ellis-van Creveld syndrome), various metabolic disorders,

and unusual distribution of blood-types. Amish represent a collection of

different demes or genetically closed communities. Since almost all Amish

descend from about 200 18th century founders, genetic disorders from inbreeding

exist in more isolated districts (an example of the founder effect). Some of

these disorders are quite rare, or unique, and are serious enough to increase

the mortality rate among Amish children. The majority of Amish accept these as

" Gottes Wille " (God's will); they reject use of preventive genetic tests prior

to marriage and genetic testing of unborn children to discover genetic disorder.

Amish are willing to participate in studies of genetic diseases. Their extensive

family histories are useful to researchers investigating diseases such as

Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and macular

degeneration.

While the Amish are at an increased risk for a number of genetic disorders,

researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center—Arthur G.

Cancer Hospital and J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-)

have found their tendencies for clean living can lead to a healthier life.

Overall cancer rates in the Amish population are 60 percent of the age-adjusted

rate for Ohio and 56 percent of the national rate. The incidence of

tobacco-related cancers in the Amish adults is 37 percent of the rate for Ohio

adults, and the incidence of non-tobacco-related cancer is 72 percent. The Amish

have protection against many types of cancer both through their

lifestyle—there is very little tobacco or alcohol use and limited sexual

partners—and through genes that may reduce their susceptibility to cancer. Dr.

Judith Westman, director of human genetics at OSUCCC-, conducted the study.

The findings were reported in a recent issue of

the journal Cancer Causes & Control. Even skin cancer rates are lower for

Amish, despite the fact many Amish make their living working outdoors where they

are exposed to sunlight and UV rays. They are typically covered and dressed to

work in the sun by wearing wide-brimmed hats and generally wearing long sleeves

to protect their arms.

The Amish are conscious of the advantages of exogamy. A common bloodline in one

community will often be absent in another, and genetic disorders can be avoided

by choosing spouses from unrelated communities. For example, the founding

families of the Lancaster County Amish are unrelated to the founders of the

Perth County, Ontario Amish community.

The Old Order Amish do not typically carry private commercial health insurance.

About two-thirds of the Amish in Lancaster County participate in Church Aid, an

informal self-insurance plan for helping members with catastrophic medical

expenses. A handful of American hospitals, starting in the mid-1990s, created

special outreach programs to assist the Amish. The first of these programs was

instituted at the Susquehanna Health System in central Pennsylvania by

Huebert. This program has earned national media attention in the United States,

and has spread to several surrounding hospitals. Treating genetic problems is

the mission of Clinic for Special Children in Strasburg, Pennsylvania, which has

developed effective treatments for such problems as maple syrup urine disease, a

previously fatal disease. The clinic is embraced by most Amish, ending the need

for parents to leave the community to receive proper care for their children, an

action that might

result in shunning.

DDC Clinic for Special Needs Children, located in Middlefield, Ohio, has been

treating special-needs children with inherited or metabolic disorders since May

2002. The DDC Clinic provides treatment, research, and educational services to

Amish and non-Amish children and their families.

Although not forbidden or thought of as immoral, most Amish do not practice any

form of birth control, hence their large families. They are against abortion and

also find " artificial insemination, genetics, eugenics, and stem cell research "

to be " inconsistent with Amish values and beliefs " . "

 

Man will ultimately be governed by God or by tyrants.

Make yourselves sheep and the wolves will eat you.

Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.

Ben lin

From: Anne Dachel <adachel06@...>

Subject: PYSCH TODAY: British develop brain scan to diagnose autistic adults

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Date: Friday, October 8, 2010, 4:01 PM

 

Who cares what the rate is..........all we want to do is diagnosis and

treat....(and maybe cure).

Researchers in the UK develop scan that diagnoses autism. Psychology Today

http://news.google.com/news/search?pz=1 & cf=all & ned=us & hl=en & q=autism & as_qdr=d & as\

_drrb=q & cf=all & start=10

Scientists in the U.K. have developed a brain scan, they say, that can diagnose

autism in adults in 15 minutes with 90 percent accuracy?

That's an amazing, mind-boggling assertion, and one that was published today in

The Journal of Neuroscience. 

The most exciting aspect of this news is that developers hope it can soon be

used to screen children for autism spectrum disorders.

The paper about this groundbreaking news was written by Ecker, MSc,

PhD, a lecturer in the Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences at

the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London, and her colleague, Dr.

, professor of Psychiatry and Brain Maturation.