Re:“We don’t do autism”
by tracker1 on Saturday September 19, 2015 @07:26PM
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This isn't exactly horseshit though.. TFA is suggesting better diagnostics, categorization and research into variances in cysts and the cerebellum. As to the busy MRI schedule, it might get better if there were more of them and more usage... they are very costly, but so were computers back in the 1970's.
If a significant number of normal and autistic children/adults were scanned more of a matter of course (much like mammograms), then we might actually have better knowledge and improve real world treatment.
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Edit for clarity
I understand that the sheer usage of mammograms has actually been shown to be a poor predictor in practice, the brain is a bit more complicated, and scanning/evaluating would take more practice... but the impact to society could be very large, indeed.
If a significant number of normal and autistic children/adults were scanned more of a matter of course (much like mammograms), then we might actually have better knowledge and improve real world treatment.
---- Edit for clarity
I understand that the sheer usage of mammograms has actually been shown to be a poor predictor in practice, the brain is a bit more complicated, and scanning/evaluating would take more practice... but the impact to society could be very large, indeed.