Autism research!

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www.basisnetwork.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67

Oh yuck!

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Ffs

WTF...

Refrigerator mother, anyone? What a load of fucking bollocks.

I 'think' it is saying very badly that infants with ASD are at higher risk of getting less parent interaction due to being less rewarding and difficult, and possibly less needy/demanding of it' which gives the infants less experience of social interaction in the early years which makes things worse, whereas, targeted, forced interactions that don't come naturally due to the context might help.

Hahahahahahaha
They should have come add studied ds1 who has asd (undx)
As a baby and infant he could not be put down!
He is one of the most affectionate children you could meet!
Far from less interaction he had my constant attention/physical contact for 20 hours per day!
Gah!

...and all that interaction made no difference to him...he would have wanted 24 hours attention if it had been physically possible!

Yes, but it's failing to be clear about it, and it's reinforcing the stereotype. My interactions with my DS2 as a baby were completely normal as far as I can remember. Lots of horsey horsey, peekaboo etc. He's still autistic though, and not mildly. I suppose he may have been even more so if I hadn't persevered. His eye contact etc was great until he was 15 months or so. I actually loved the fact that he was less clingy than DS1.

ellen
Both mine have been Velcro babies...one nt one sn
Not sure what that means but I suspect it might be that I am crap at the baby stage!!:)

Me too leonie

Ha ha. I like the term Velcro babies. DS2 really wasn't a Velcro baby, but I preferred that. I found interacting with him more rewarding. He was pretty much velcroed to my hair, though. It's still the only part about me that he'll admit to loving.

I may be mis-interpreting this but my take on the abstract is this:-

that babies born with an older sibling who has a confirmed diagnosis of ASD will have a higher likelihood of developing ASD (due to genetic factors).

if the new infant has this (genetic) propensity, early intervention on social reciprocity with the parents will help the child at a very early stage before the infant could possibly be assessed for a diagnosis
that investigating what the 'best practice' in early parent-child interactions is, will help develop guidelines for parents who have one child with confirmed ASD.
It seems the same as what I have learned from SALT's Hanen courses where I have learned how to help my ASD child learn social skills with his peers- just at a much earlier stage.

Yep mine too leonie :)

Yes, but talking about mothers' interactions with their 'baffling' babies as being 'compromised' is not helpful language when trying to help concerned parents, IMO.

Agree Ellen

Absolutely agree Ellen. I think the wording on that site is terrible.

There's another research project going on by that organisation that states categorically that autism cannot be diagnosed before age 3.

Who regulates these sites/research?

No one. That the trouble star

DS2 was completely and obviously autistic well before he was 3. I only saw a paed when he was 2.11 though.

That is really badly worded isn't it? DS1 and DS2 were very much 'velcro babies' I find that study/article unhelpful.