The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful Subgroups of Autism

Re:The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful... by css on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:00PM (#29984862)

> Gastrointestinal (GI) concerns are frequently reported by parents of autistic children and may be related to immune dysregulation (Buie et al., 2010). This is particularly concerning because it may be more challenging for autistic children to verbalize or communicate physical pain, leading to lack of appropriate medical care.

Is this more challenging "to verbalize or communicate physical pain" because of the lack of understanding we currently have for GI-related issues? Having dealt with several GI doctors who just want to prescribe PPIs for everything, I am curious.

The citation given seems to suggest that is the reason, but it isn't clear:

> Gastrointestinal disorders and associated symptoms are commonly reported in individuals with ASDs, but key issues such as the prevalence and best treatment of these conditions are incompletely understood.

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Re:The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful... by SubiculumCode on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:04PM (#29984917)

A large proportion of autistics are non-verbal or have intellectual disability. They therefore may not be able to effectively communicate that they are in pain. GID may be misdiagnosed then as other externalizing affective behaviors.

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Re:The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful... by css on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:07PM (#29984966)

The issues are purely that of communication and not the lack of diagnostic tools?

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Re:The Autism Phenome Project: Toward Identifying Meaningful... by SubiculumCode on Tuesday January 18, 2022 @03:32PM (#29985319)

This was not my specialty, but I think both.

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