Prof S B Cohen: Autism Expert: Autism not genetic.

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Autism Not Genetic - Says Expert Professor Simon Baron Cohen

 

Posted on January 25, 2009 by childhealthsafetyhttp://childhealthsafety.wordpress.com/2009/01/25/autism-not-genetic-says-expert-professor-simon-baron-cohen/

 

British autism expert Professor Simon Baron Cohen of Cambridge

University does not agree with the USA’s vaccination advocate and

rotavirus vaccine patent holder Dr Paul Offit MD that autism is a

genetic condition.

Professor Baron Cohen says:-

 

 

“We know that autism is not

100% genetic in origin, since in the case of identical twins (who share

100% of their genes), there are instances of one twin having autism and

the other not having it. In fact, the likelihood of the co-twin also

having autism where one of them has it (in monozygotic (MZ) pairs) is

about 60%. This means that there must be some non-genetic (i.e.,

environmental) factors that are part of the cause of autism.“

[sOURCE: Professor Baron Cohen's reply to critics of a mooted abortion

test for autism reported in the UK's Guardian Newspaper :- Professor Baron Cohen/Stone Correspondence Re: The Guardian New research brings autism screening closer to reality 12/Jan/09]

 

In other words, it is the 40% of identical twins where only one develops symptoms of autism which tells us autism is not “genetic“. In those cases it must have an environmental cause.

Additionally, discussing any

condition in terms of whether it is solely genetic in origin is

inappropriate. The correct medical terminology is whether a condition

has an “internal†cause or an “external†one. All human medical conditions whether “internal†or “external†are genetic.

We only become ill or develop any condition because we are genetic.

Everthing else breaks down. Computers, cars, washing machines and

refrigerators breakdown whether for an “internal†cause or

an “external†one - they do not and cannot get ‘flu, measles or autism

because they are not genetic. If we were not genetic we would not get

sick [but we might rust a bit from time-to-time].

 

Professor Baron Cohen appears to err in assuming the 60%

of both twins developing autism is evidence autism is a genetically

caused condition in some cases. It is not such evidence. It tells us

nothing about whether the cause is internal or external

[environmental]. All it does confirm is that some of us are more

likely than others to be susceptible to developing autistic symptoms,

just as some people are more susceptible to’ flu than others and some never suffer from it.

Where both identical twins develop autism, it is more likely than not they have had the same exposure to the same environmental cause.

That is more likely than not to happen [60% of the time it seems]. For

example, both twins are more likely than not to have their vaccinations

at the same time and all other circumstances in their lives at that

time are more likely than not to be identical for both.

There appears to be no scientific evidence autism is any more “genetic†than ‘flu. Feel free to submit a comment if you disagree. However, to

establish with scientific evidence that any condition has a solely

genetic cause any more than any other illness or disorder requires

evidence showing that in some cases there are no possible environmental

causes. The environmental causes have to be eliminated by the

collection of evidence in a scientific manner. This has not been done,

as the reliance on the twin studies demonstrates.

Ergo, we conclude autism is an

environmentally [externally] caused condition, with some more

susceptible than others, like most other human medical conditions.

Thus we can consign 31 years of unscientific medical, psychiatric and psychological papers to the bin. This brings a scientific approach to the issue since the publication of S Folstein and Professor Michael Rutter’s paper Infantile autism: A genetic study of 21 twin pairs. J. Child Psychol. Psychiat. 18, 297-321 (1977).

 

What has gone before is non science is because:

 

identical twin studies show autism has an environmental [external] cause

to demonstrate autism has an [internal] ie. solely genetic

cause, it is necessary to show autism occurs where no environmental

causes applythat has never been doneand that is likely because, as the evidence shows, autism is

caused by environmental factors, just like most other human medical

conditionsHumans are intrinsically healthy and tend to remain so if they are given nutritious, non-GMO foods, fresh air, and clean water. We have been blessed with God-given protective barriers against infectious diseases, including our skin and immune system. Knowing that these facts are true for all members of the human species, how did we come to embrace the idea that injecting solutions of chemically-treated, inactivated viruses, parts of bacteria, traces of animal tissue and heavy metals, such as mercury and aluminum, was a reasonable strategy for keeping human beings—babies, children and adults—healthy? - Dr Sherri Tenpenny, DO.

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