tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163452734723670591.post1707130133080700892..comments2011-03-16T17:14:12.865-07:00Comments on Living With Billy: Day 5: "Stop it Billy!" "Billy no!" "I said no Billy!", Autism DiscoveriesBriannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12599265730935004605noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163452734723670591.post-19879018174793110222010-12-15T20:49:55.234-08:002010-12-15T20:49:55.234-08:00Brianna: your Blogs have really gotten people to t...Brianna: your Blogs have really gotten people to think more and more. I,am sure your book will be great. I,am so looking forward to reading it.You are such a wonderful big sister too both Billy and Maddy.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074950267890717145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163452734723670591.post-19309330447185067152010-12-15T18:09:12.677-08:002010-12-15T18:09:12.677-08:00Interestingly my son's neurologist told us at ...Interestingly my son's neurologist told us at the last visit that many children with Tourette syndrome will develop some form of Aspergers Sydrome because of the social problems related to having Tourettes. This would play on the nurture over nature because that child developed it as a secondary condition to having social issues. I believe autism is a combo of the two. I think there has to be some sort of preexisting disposition to having the disorder, which may lie dormant) then something int he environment sets it off. Billy for example could have had his set off at birth when he was lacking oxygen. Who knows....and just like the nature vs nurture debate we may never know. Even though my other kids do not have autims, madelyn did have speech delays and bill has learning disabilities which is all mentioned in this study. There could be some relationship and maybe the nature part did not set off thier brains they way it did to Billy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4163452734723670591.post-83479316285619954952010-12-15T17:58:02.162-08:002010-12-15T17:58:02.162-08:00Is it genetic? I believe it could be and I also be...Is it genetic? I believe it could be and I also believe its environmental and medically induced. My father's twin brother was autistic and he himself has learning disabilities and so do I and Brian and Maryellen these learning disablilities is it nature vs nurture or maybe forms of autism? I don't know? There are even very few doctors as your mother will tell you who even enough about Autism that can diagnose Billy let alone determine its origins. Not unlike cancer there many different forms, there are certain types cancer that run pretty perdominate in families,like in ours Breast and Gastro. And then there are some that are possibly caused from the enviroment like your Grandmother Florence. Then there's technology radio waves,microwaves,cell phones,tv,chemicals in our food,shampoo,medications and yes even vaccinations all those things we use everyday... But like cancer there's no blue print there's no test to say "this is how you got it" to say it's learned from a sibling I don't believe. Is that younger child more than likely autistic too probably. I guess we just keep watching and listening to our medical professionals and see what delevopes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com