March 8, 2010
EUGENE, Ore. -- A UO professor is breaking new ground when it comes to understanding how autism affects a family.
Dr. Laura Lee McIntyre studied how having an autistic child affects the behavior of older siblings.
She found that older siblings tend to develop hyperactivity when raised in a home with an autistic younger sibling. The study observed elementary school aged children in New York, while McIntyre was a professor at Syracuse University.
The study also supports the finding that mothers of young, autistic children experience more depression and stress than mothers with typically developing kids.
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Defender is a DUD
Clearly you: 1) have never been around children on the spectrum, and 2) have no knowledge of the standards of proof for scientific research. JUST BECAUSE THINGS HAPPEN IN COMMON (such as one kid with asd, one kid hyperactive in the same household or a child with regressive autism losing skills around the time of the MMR vaccine) doesn't mean there is a CAUSAL CONNECTION.
In addition, you seem to only know how to hurl inaccurate assumptions rather than mount a logical argument. Don't waste our time, please.
nice response mickeystyle
I guess this research wouldn't help you out much - being so highly intelligent. Go back to your Mama's basement and plug in some X-Box and wait for the check to come. Save your comments for something you know about. Please...................
BOGUS RESEARCH
Gee, do you think maybe autism and hyperactivity are RELATED? From the same genetic roots, perhaps? The similarities are great. Perhaps ADHD is part of the spectrum. The idea of a causal connection is ludacris, junk science.
As for the stress finding, duh! What parent of an ill or differently-abled child doesn't have greater stress/worries than the parent of typical kids?
Junk, junk, junk. Find some real news, please.