Comments on: Autism breakthrough http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/04/autism-breakthrough/ The official Derren Brown Blog Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:25:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Tom Butler http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/04/autism-breakthrough/#comment-49784 Tom Butler Sun, 10 Jan 2010 21:16:08 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=1713#comment-49784 As the father of a seven year old autistic boy what does this really mean to my son and me? As the father of a seven year old autistic boy what does this really mean to my son and me?

]]> By: tash http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/04/autism-breakthrough/#comment-9338 tash Fri, 01 May 2009 09:36:21 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=1713#comment-9338 when diagnosing my daughter they did a multi disaplinary assessment where she say specialists in areas such as speech, medical, psychologist, hearing etc and then they put all the investigations together to get an autistic diagnosis. Its apparently harder to diagnose when they're younger as it can be confused with global delay. when diagnosing my daughter they did a multi disaplinary assessment where she say specialists in areas such as speech, medical, psychologist, hearing etc and then they put all the investigations together to get an autistic diagnosis. Its apparently harder to diagnose when they’re younger as it can be confused with global delay.

]]> By: Josh http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/04/autism-breakthrough/#comment-9324 Josh Fri, 01 May 2009 00:16:41 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=1713#comment-9324 That is fantastic! Cheers for relaying the information. I wonder if the breakthrough has any applications in other areas as well. That is fantastic! Cheers for relaying the information. I wonder if the breakthrough has any applications in other areas as well.

]]> By: Rebecca http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/04/autism-breakthrough/#comment-9321 Rebecca Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:01:18 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=1713#comment-9321 I have nothing intelligent to say, but w00t! That's awesome! I wonder if there are a lot of people out there that are neurologically between autism and definitely not-autism (or apserger's). I know alzheimers and other dementia stuff is degenerative, but maybe there's similiar stuff going on with myelination? Or maybe the thing that's going on with the synapses is completely different? I wish I weren't so out of my depth with neuroscience. I have nothing intelligent to say, but w00t! That’s awesome!

I wonder if there are a lot of people out there that are neurologically between autism and definitely not-autism (or apserger’s). I know alzheimers and other dementia stuff is degenerative, but maybe there’s similiar stuff going on with myelination? Or maybe the thing that’s going on with the synapses is completely different?

I wish I weren’t so out of my depth with neuroscience.

]]> By: Neil http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/2009/04/autism-breakthrough/#comment-9319 Neil Thu, 30 Apr 2009 22:39:46 +0000 http://derrenbrown.co.uk/blog/?p=1713#comment-9319 I heard autism described as "extreme maleness" and having worked with many autistic people I can sort of see it. I heard autism described as “extreme maleness” and having worked with many autistic people I can sort of see it.

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