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Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by amelius on Thursday June 21, 2018 @01:07PM (#17367045)
Does this also work in reverse? I.e. take supplements/drugs until the test is negative, and then be (temporarily) autism-free?
Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by smt88 on Thursday June 21, 2018 @01:16PM (#17367150)
I don't know, but there's preliminary evidence that autism can be reversed by dosing children with oxytocin and by using TMS on adults.

Because those approaches are considered to be fairly low-risk, I suspect research will continue in those directions until they hit a wall of some kind.

Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by hosh on Thursday June 21, 2018 @03:31PM (#17368517)
I have not heard of using oxytocin for children on the specturm. Are there articles, resources, or papers that talk about this?
Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by smt88 on Thursday June 21, 2018 @04:24PM (#17368960)
I'm on my phone, so it's hard to search and link to articles. Here's the result of a quick search:

https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/oxytocin-spray-boosts-soci...

Hopefully that serves as a jumping off point.

Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by magic_beans on Thursday June 21, 2018 @02:11PM (#17367780)
What does it even mean to “reverse autism”?
Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by smt88 on Thursday June 21, 2018 @03:26PM (#17368480)
Most famous example: https://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/03/18/an-experimental-au...

It allows people to read faces and emotional context in a way they couldn't before. Some people find that their decision-making becomes less logical and more emotional. For others, nothing changes.

If you search "tms autism" there are other firsthand accounts that you might find interesting.

Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by amelius on Thursday June 21, 2018 @04:10PM (#17368836)
Have there been any scientific experiments already to validate this method?
Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by smt88 on Thursday June 21, 2018 @04:22PM (#17368943)
As of 2 years ago, there were more than a dozen clinical trials. Evidence is preliminary -- populations are small, and measuring how autistic someone is is not easy.

https://www.autismspeaks.org/blog/2016/03/25/transcranial-ma...

Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by olh on Thursday June 21, 2018 @02:25PM (#17367949)
it is like moonwalk but more autistic /s
Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by gowld on Thursday June 21, 2018 @01:56PM (#17367624)
No particular reason to thing so, until an experiment indicates the direction of cause and effect.

If you want to remove your autism today, you can try transcranial magnetic stimulation.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sister-the-edge-auti...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcranial_magnetic_stimulat...

Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by Amygaz on Thursday June 21, 2018 @10:08PM (#17370742)
If you mean it in the sense that one could cheat the results and not be diagnosed, then absolutely. Most of their metabolites could linked to dietary deficiency. We did have a metabolite panel done and my kid would have been a false negative.

As a parent of kid with Autism I experienced it first hand. However, instead of doing like many parents (including those with neurotypicals) we did not cave-in, but build a lot of incentive and rewards and it paid off very early. But this is my n=1, so I don't know if it is because of our parenting style or something else.

Re:First physiological test for autism proves high accuracy ... by sanotehu on Friday June 22, 2018 @02:55AM (#17371965)
Out of interest, what was your parenting style like? Was it just a matter of clear expectations and consistent rewards and punishments?

Did you have a source for all this or did you work it out by yourself?