I sent this email to slafee@ucsd.edu and Steven.Cooper@edelman.com
"As a person with Autism I find this very offensive, and wrong(http://health.ucsd.edu/.../2014-03-26-cortical-layer...). My IQ tested at 133 when I was 3 years old and I find it very insulting that you are ignoring the real medical problems that cause suffering in people with Autism. For instance many of us have differences in our waste removal systems such as our lungs and digestive system. My failure to develope was a very physical problem not some sort of brain disease. I went to turn the key in my moms car and it left a red mark on my hand. Correlation does not equal causation DNA can produce changes in many different areas of the body and in order for your research to be complete you need to look at the whole body. My immune system goes haywire when I am exposed to certain products. I may be more sensitive to differences in the environment than other people are, but "normal" people still suffer when they don't have clean air, water and food. Can we stop trying to adapt people to the environment, and start trying to adapt the environment to the people? The simple fact that so many more people are being diagnosed, suggests that the real problem is a matter of tolerance more than any specific genetic mutation or group of mutations."
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