What do you think has caused your autism?

[noname223]

It is not clear what exactly causes autims. Maybe a combination of nature and nurture.

Personally, I think that the child abuse and bullying caused my bipolar disorder and psychosis. But only because my genes contributed to it.

I don't think the violence and abuse caused my autism. My mom said my birth and her pregnancy with me were perfect. It is suspected that I have autism. It is easier to diagnose it when you are a child. Adults often develop strategies to hide their quirks.

I think I behaved weird also in primary school. Maybe even in late kindergarten. I cried so much and I struggled of not seeing my mom. I had some tics.

I could imagine my genes solely caused my autism and maybe an event I cannot remember. I don't think it was something psychological. I am pretty good at reading myself and professionals were stunned by my skills in this instance. I could imagine something happened when my mom was pregnant. But I will never find it out.

What about you?

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I still don't even know if I even have autism and I don't really care to find out. My sister definitely has it but it's possible we've both inherited it from our dad, who also never officially got diagnosed but he aligns even more with high on the spectrum autism than a lot of people I've met who actually have a confirmed diagnosis. My dad would likely also refuse to admit he has it though.

If I do have it, that's just one more thing to blame him for but it would also make me seriously consider suicide even more since I don't want to give myself the chance to pass it down unless CRISPR technology develops and becomes publicly available so it can be weeded out of the gene pool eventually.

 

[timetodie24]

Well science seems to support that people are autistic from birth. I do believe people are just born that way so I don't think anything after my birth caused it. Whilst you can't develop it later in life, that doesn't mean the 'symptoms' cant change and develop over time though.

I was only diagnosed aged 21 but looking back there were signs when I was younger. But i think it became more obvious as a teenager when social interactions become more complex and I realised I was very much socially behind my peers. I'm guessing it's mostly genetic. I'm only one in my family diagnosed but since my diagnosis we think a few of my family might be now we know the signs. There's probably other factors at play but I guess never know for certain.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I think that my autism is caused by genetics and bad luck. Also, autism is within an autistic person since birth. You write your post as if you developed autism later in life but that isn't true as you were always autistic. Autism is just a difference in neurotype after all

 

[DunnoWhyButYeah]

Well, I was born autistic. One of my parents is very clearly as well, my child is too. So it's down to the genes and didn't just come from somewhere... I don't think anything that happens later makes anyone autistic, you are born that way

 

[sserafim]

Baby, I was born this way

 

[Dark Moon]

It was always their for me since birth because the signs were there. It came from parents/genetics.

 

[Cinnamorolls]

Newer research is pointing to the main cause of autism being advanced paternal age (meaning your father was 35+ when you were conceived) and this is true in my case. I'm formally diagnosed and my dad was around 40 at the time of conception. However, there are some autistic people who had younger dads so there have to be some other reasons as well - in those cases, I think it's probably inherited genes. There's no one in my family across any generations that had even the slightest signs of autism so it's not an inherited thing for me.

 

[riamu]

for me there's a massive genetic link. 3/4 of my siblings are also autistic and so is my mother. anxiety and eating disorders are also pretty common in my family, it's one of the main reasons i refuse to reproduce

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Newer research is pointing to the main cause of autism being advanced paternal age (meaning your father was 35+ when you were conceived) and this is true in my case. I'm formally diagnosed and my dad was around 40 at the time of conception. However, there are some autistic people who had younger dads so there have to be some other reasons as well - in those cases, I think it's probably inherited genes. There's no one in my family across any generations that had even the slightest signs of autism so it's not an inherited thing for me.

My dad was 37 when I was conceived and 38 when my actually autistic sister was.

I'm already over 30 and have never even been in a relationship. It's so over for me.

 

[sserafim]

Newer research is pointing to the main cause of autism being advanced paternal age (meaning your father was 35+ when you were conceived) and this is true in my case. I'm formally diagnosed and my dad was around 40 at the time of conception. However, there are some autistic people who had younger dads so there have to be some other reasons as well - in those cases, I think it's probably inherited genes. There's no one in my family across any generations that had even the slightest signs of autism so it's not an inherited thing for me.

My dad was 37 at the time of conception

My dad was 37 when I was conceived and 38 when my actually autistic sister was.

I'm already over 30 and have never even been in a relationship. It's so over for me.

My dad was 42 at the time of conception for my sister but she's not autistic. She only has ADHD

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

My dad was 42 at the time of conception for my sister but she's not autistic. She only has ADHD

My dad was also 41 when my other, normal (albeit depressed) sister was conceived so I guess both our sisters were just lucky.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Personally, I think that the child abuse and bullying caused my bipolar disorder and psychosis. But only because my genes contributed to it.

I don't think that genes are responsible for any mental disorders that a child develops if there's child abuse and the living circumstances don't change immediately for the better.

There's no one in my family across any generations that had even the slightest signs of autism so it's not an inherited thing for me.

Genes are mixed randomly and all combinations are always possible. It could be a combination of your genes that is responsible for autism if nobody else among your family ever was autistic.

 

[eatantz]

Dad, his bad genes

 

[LaVieEnRose]

There is a strain of neurodivergence on my mother's side. Also I am the identical twin of a neurotypical person who dominated the placenta in the womb such that he weighed over a pound more at birth. I'm pretty sure that has something to do with it.

It's bullshit.

 

[NoPointOfReturning]

Parents having me at an old age, and a bit of genetics.

 

[sos]

the world gives you autism

everyone has some autism inside of them

but yea thats a part of life huh….

 

[sugarb]

It is not clear what exactly causes autims. Maybe a combination of nature and nurture.

Personally, I think that the child abuse and bullying caused my bipolar disorder and psychosis. But only because my genes contributed to it.

I don't think the violence and abuse caused my autism. My mom said my birth and her pregnancy with me were perfect. It is suspected that I have autism. It is easier to diagnose it when you are a child. Adults often develop strategies to hide their quirks.

I think I behaved weird also in primary school. Maybe even in late kindergarten. I cried so much and I struggled of not seeing my mom. I had some tics.

I could imagine my genes solely caused my autism and maybe an event I cannot remember. I don't think it was something psychological. I am pretty good at reading myself and professionals were stunned by my skills in this instance. I could imagine something happened when my mom was pregnant. But I will never find it out.

What about you?

Autism's genetic, you can't just randomly develop it lol

That aside I got it from both sides of the family tree

 

[GuessWhosBack]

Autism is a neurotype. There is no (or hardly any) anatomical difference between autistic and neurotypical brains, but there are differences in how those brains process information.

I recall looking at a study that compared regional excitations of the brain of autistic and neurotypical people. It found that there is hardly a difference between neurotypical excitation patterns, but autistic brains not only vary from neurotypical ones, but vary more significantly amongst each other too.

I will try to find it and link it here. (Link https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25599222/)

A lot of men and women go undiagnosed as autistic because they do not present as the stereotypical 5 year old autistic son.

Update:

This video has sources cited throughout the presentation. You can skip ahead to 16:30.

 

[derpyderpins]

Since it's looking like I'm part of this group (scheduling diagnosis but all signs point to a positive) . . .

My mom tells me a story about her friend who was a guidance counselor at a high school observing me when I was playing as a wee lad. The way I lined the toys up and grouped them caused him to tell my mom "he is either very intelligent or autistic." Of course, at the time, it was an either/or, there wasn't really this spectrum where you could be both gifted and autistic. I assume from this story that I've been on the spectrum since I was a child. So, I don't think I could point to a cause. My parents were reasonably young when they had me (both in their 20s.) I suppose one thing is that I had viral meningitis when I was a month or two old. I believe it has caused other long term health problems and development problems with my ears and eyes, so maybe it contributed? Perhaps the fact that I'm an only child and played alone a lot? Or, nothing caused it...

 

[Ironborn]

Newer research is pointing to the main cause of autism being advanced paternal age (meaning your father was 35+ when you were conceived) and this is true in my case. I'm formally diagnosed and my dad was around 40 at the time of conception. However, there are some autistic people who had younger dads so there have to be some other reasons as well - in those cases, I think it's probably inherited genes. There's no one in my family across any generations that had even the slightest signs of autism so it's not an inherited thing for me.

This, my father was 40 and my mother was 37 when they had me, never diagnosed but the symptoms are there.
Mother also thought it was alright to continue smoking a pack of cigarettes a day during her pregnancy, fuck knows how that damaged me in the long run.
So yeah thanks for that...

 

[kinderbueno]

Being born

 

[Steff1337]

Genetics. Just being born that way, and possibly consequences from negative upbringing by the age of 3 (after which it's impossible to develop autism).

 

[Imagined_Euphoria]

My autism was caused by my mother deciding she wants a child for some unspecified reason. Worst decision ever.

 

[emma99]

Its probably from the food we eat and water we drink.

The industrial revolution really set planet earth on a downward path of toxic chemicals.
Im talking forever chemicals, shit seeping into drinking water.

Maybe all tthe SN they put on our meat - lol

 

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

This, my father was 40 and my mother was 37 when they had me, never diagnosed but the symptoms are there.
Mother also thought it was alright to continue smoking a pack of cigarettes a day during her pregnancy, fuck knows how that damaged me in the long run.
So yeah thanks for that...

I'm sorry you have to suffer consequences to your health because of your mother's shitty mistakes. How does she not feel shame for putting her unborn baby at risk like that?

My mother also took risky medications while pregnant with me, including psych drugs. She also worked in an ICU up until the day before I was born or the day of- exposure to pathogens and heightened states of immune stressors during fetal brain development can be a trigger to 'switch on' many autism risk genes. Then when I was born, my mother didn't want me, so I'm sure that further stunted any already delayed social development.

Thanks mom!

 

[Ironborn]

I'm sorry you have to suffer consequences to your health because of your mother's shitty mistakes. How does she not feel shame for putting her unborn baby at risk like that?

My mother also took risky medications while pregnant with me, including psych drugs. She also worked in an ICU up until the day before I was born or the day of- exposure to pathogens and heightened states of immune stressors during fetal brain development can be a trigger to 'switch on' many autism risk genes. Then when I was born, my mother didn't want me, so I'm sure that further stunted any already delayed social development.

Thanks mom!

I'm sorry to hear about that, nobody should have to pay for their parents stupid decisions but there are plenty of us.
I asked her why she didn't stop smoking when she was carrying me but gave me a sob story about addiction and all that nonsense. She is a great emotional manipulator.
It took me far too long to realise this because I was poisoning my brain with alcohol for years.
As for feeling no shame? She's a god botherer, so according to her all will be forgiven when she dies because she read a 2000 year old piece of propaganda.

 

[ms_beaverhousen]

Wow. This isn't flooded with the war on vaccines... How unAmerican