Identical twins both grew up with autism, but took different paths

Re:Identical twins both grew up with autism, but took differ... by cma on Sunday April 14, 2024 @10:54AM (#40031517)

Wouldn't we see much lower rates in Christian Scientists?

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Re:Identical twins both grew up with autism, but took differ... by brightball on Sunday April 14, 2024 @10:56AM (#40031536)

Why would that correlate?

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Re:Identical twins both grew up with autism, but took differ... by cma on Sunday April 14, 2024 @11:37AM (#40031879)

> Christian Scientists avoid almost all medical treatment, relying instead on Christian Science prayer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Science#Healing_prac...

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Re:Identical twins both grew up with autism, but took differ... by adolph on Sunday April 14, 2024 @12:16PM (#40032187)

Hmm, on the other hand, using religion for medicine might also be a confounding factor due to less diagnosis.

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Re:Identical twins both grew up with autism, but took differ... by brightball on Sunday April 14, 2024 @02:42PM (#40033304)

Have literally never heard of that. Is there any area where this is prominent?

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Re:Identical twins both grew up with autism, but took differ... by astura on Monday April 15, 2024 @08:25AM (#40039657)

Have you ever heard of the The Christian Science Monitor? It's a mostly-respectable newspaper (now website) published by The Christian Science Publishing Society, the publishing arm of the church.

Christian Science is very much a dying religion, and is not "prominent" anywhere so I'm not surprised that you never heard of them if you're young. The mother church is in Boston though.

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Re:Identical twins both grew up with autism, but took differ... by brightball on Monday April 15, 2024 @02:00PM (#40043718)

43 and grew up in the south, which is why I was surprised. Boston makes a little more sense though.

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