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CheffoJeffo:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on December 05, 2007, 11:13:09 am ---I know kids who are autistic that people walk up and complement the parents on "such a good looking child".

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Interesting ... there have been studies (and I do not have citations handy, so you'll have to take my word for it) that have reported that, on the whole, children with autism are more physically attractive than typical children.

Just another autism study with anecdotal evidence that frustrates the bejeebers out of me for the lack of useful or actionable conclusions.

The sad thing is that somebody paid for those studies ...

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: CheffoJeffo on December 05, 2007, 11:18:42 am ---Interesting ... there have been studies (and I do not have citations handy, so you'll have to take my word for it) that have reported that, on the whole, children with autism are more physically attractive than typical children.
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I have no idea how they'd even do that, considering that attraction is so abstract and variable a thing.  What is attractive to one person is uninteresting to another.



--- Quote ---Just another autism study with anecdotal evidence that frustrates the bejeebers out of me for the lack of useful or actionable conclusions.
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And one that really doesn't quantify anything, sounds like.  Not the best use of research funds.

shardian:
I would venture to guess that if an autistic person "looked funny" then odds are they have another condition too. Alot of uneducated (on the subject) people probably associate down syndrome kids as being autistic.

There was a severe autistic boy at my High School. He always had to have a large Wendy's cup to sip from in his right hand, and he would whistle then snap his right fingers two times. In that case, he "looked" autistic, but he didn't have any actual physically distinguishing traits.

Dartful Dodger:
My mom's cousin has an autistic child.  She's my mom's cousin but her and my mom are so close that I call her aunt.  He turned 30 a couple of months ago and they had a big party for him.  I've never seen my aunt or her husband anything but happy and full of life, but my mom and dad have told me stories about how they were alcoholics when they were younger.  The husband was a horrible man always getting into fights all the time and always in trouble with the law.   When the family found out about the youngest having autism everyone figured my uncle would leave her, instead the two of them changed almost overnight.  Even now I can’t imagine them being anything but kind and caring.

I can’t pretend to know what you’re going through or how you’re feeling right now, but you’re starting out with your heart in the right place.

CheffoJeffo:
Interesting (I seem to be saying that a lot in this thread) ... there are studies that indicate that the divorce rate for couples with autistic children runs at 80-90%.

In my own experience, however, almost every autism-affected couple I know (about 30 couples) are 100% committed to their marriages and family ... sometimes it's too bad 'coz some of those momz is teh hot!

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