Comments on: Studies Prove It: Autism is Linked to Being a Carbon-Based Life Form https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/ Changing the Cultural Conversation Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:56:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 By: PJ https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-272 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:56:42 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-272 Here’s another good one:

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/inducing-labor-tied-autism-study-19939703

]]> By: Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-271 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:56:30 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-271 In reply to Josh Thomsen.

It looks like the study linked pet shampoo and autism:

http://autism.about.com/b/2008/05/15/does-pet-shampoo-cause-autism-lets-hope-not.htm

Another one for my list…

]]> By: Josh Thomsen https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-270 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:56:18 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-270 My wife’s a developmental therapist and there was a flyer going around about the link between the dander in dogs hair and a corilation with autism! I wish I still had one of them to get the website off of it! It was absolutly obsurd. I’m not sure where they even came from!

]]> By: Leith McMurray https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-269 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:56:09 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-269 There is a parallel book to yours, called “Autism All-Stars”, ed. by Josie Montano. Each chapter was written by a different person on the spectrum, including Temple Grandin, Stephen Shore, Donna Williams…. (and me).

Temple was going to put out a similar publication but I haven’t heard of its having been published yet. It’s great to see these collections coming out that are so accessible for everyone!

]]> By: Keith https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-268 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:56:01 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-268 Amen Sister. Thanks for the pick-me-up perspective!

]]> By: Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-267 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:55:54 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-267 In reply to Deb Briggs.

OMG. I had vinyl flooring as a kid. That explains everything! 😉

Thanks for the link. I will add it to the ever-growing list.

]]> By: Deb Briggs https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-266 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:55:46 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-266 Hilarious

Here’s one I ran across a couple years ago:

Scientists Find ‘Baffling’ Link between Autism and Vinyl Flooring

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=link-between-autism-and-vinyl

It struck me as so funny at the time. It states, “Infants or toddlers who lived in bedrooms with vinyl, or PVC, floors were twice as likely to have autism five years later, in 2005, than those with wood or linoleum flooring.”

First of all, who has vinyl floors in a kid’s bedroom anyway? Realistic sample size… 1?

“Baffling” ha ha

]]> By: Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-265 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:55:38 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-265 In reply to Amy.

And the hits just keep on coming… 🙂

]]> By: Amy https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-264 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:55:28 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-264 Ran into another one: “Is excess folic acid supplementation a risk factor for autism?”

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21454018

I’m not looking for them, but my subconscious search engine is running. I may be back. 😉

]]> By: Rachel Cohen-Rottenberg https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/medical-model-of-disability/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-263 Wed, 17 Jul 2024 10:55:13 +0000 https://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/studies-prove-it-autism-is-linked-to-being-a-carbon-based-life-form/#comment-263 In reply to Shelly.

I’ve seen that one! I love it. 🙂

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