CHYS 2P35 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, Teratology, Hypoplasia

• School: Brock University
• Department: Child and Youth Studies
• Course: CHYS 2P35
• Professor: John Mc Namara

Document Summary

In the majority of cases there is intellectual impairment (iq = 70>) Children with down syndrome - 12/14 (86%) Children with asperger"s do not experience intellectual or language impairments. Pharmaceutical companies that produced the vaccine were callously risking and sacrificing helpless children in pursuit of profit. Significant increase in the prevalence rates of autism was also happening. Autism definition was expanded to include a spectrum . If you looked at the original definition, prevalnce rates have remained stable (1 in 400) Careful studies of 500 children in denmark and 2 million children in sweden. These studies showed that there was no higher incidence of autism among children who had been vaccinated than among children who had not been vaccinated. Very strong genetic link: monozygotic twin concordance rate = . 50 - . 90, dizygotic twin concordance rate = 0. Neurological abnormalities fmri studies: cerebellar hypoplasia (diminished size) Most parents of children with asd notice a developmental problem before their child"s first birthday.