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byPPH ( 736903 ) writes:
So, is Asperger's Syndrome back in?
bysg_oneill ( 159032 ) writes:
Aspergers was never really considered a separate condition in the biological sense, rather it was just a classification intended to separate profound and non profound cases (Ie people with significant disability vs the "awkward and likes trains" people). But no thats not whats being suggested here, rather that there might be whole separate conditions with the same or similar symptoms but different underlying biology.
I strongly suspect theres something similar going on with ADHD, and its almost certain its
byBig Hairy Gorilla ( 9839972 ) writes:
Just observations here from knowing several ADHDs and several schizophrenics. Knowing the people well over many years and their families ... It appears to me that schizophrenia is heritable. I.e. probably a recessive gene... definitely seems to run through the family tree... it seems to express in teenage years but the children don't have obvious signs.
I wonder about ADHD. Fwict, the condition expresses in childhood, it's usually pretty obvious .. but I can't make any further observations about hertabilty. Is it environmental factors or genetic ?
So far I've never seen a "mild" case of schizophrenia ... by late teenage years, it's out of control, no hiding it, doctors and police usually involved. ADHD on the other hand seems you have a range from those who cover it or cope well, to more debilitating expressions. I know one person with clear ADHD, who graduated from university with 2 degrees, and had a solid career as a lawyer, and was appointed a federal judge. Go figure.
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