The terms we use, how we define them, are important things. Often times, we use similar terminology interchangeably. We're discussing nebulously defined disorders (autism and intellectual disability) that change over time and depending on the criteria being used. What do I mean about interchangeability and criteria? The official umbrella in the DSM-IV is not autism spectrum disorders, but i
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June 16, 2010
Once More into the Breach of Autism and Intellectual Disability (tweaked)
Written before the important Nature study by Pinto et al. (2010), this post takes several posts I've done in the past on autism and intellectual disability, as well as responses to an individual who is positing an 80% rate of ID in autistic disorder, and synthesizes them into one large post while hopefully streamlining it some slight bit.Citing Berkel et al. (2010) as proof that ID is present in
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December 15, 2009
Gene identified as cause of some forms of intellectual disability
A gene involved in some forms of intellectual disability has been identified. The gene is called TRAPPC9. and may be associated with hundreds of thousands of cases of intellectual disability world-wide.
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