Just a little word of support to families with Autistic children. Your jobs are not easy. My nephew is 3years and is Autistic. He never sleeps at night. His mum is always tired as a result because he's always putting things in his mouth, so she has to keep a constant eye on him. Very best wishes to all mums with this horrible condition.
now imagine being born in 1966 into a family of five. As the sixth person and fourth daughter. You have a case so severe that you hide in the woods during the day to be able to receive some quiet time. All of your Asperger‘s behaviors are disciplined as misbehaviors. You are rejected by your peers and often bullied. I am now 57 and have created a life for myself, but it was very very difficult.
I am sorry you had to go through all of that. Our son has also been bullied (when he was 4 yrs old). He didn't answer another kid when he asked him a question. I had to intervene and told the kids that he has a hard time communicating and to be nice. My husband and I have both had instances where there were kids around our son and they either made fun of him or said snide remarks. It makes me sad. I wish people would be kinder and treat others with respect. I always tried to be kind to others.
@@trinarobinson1052 My mom said that the boys were punching me in preschool. I don't remember this but I do remember that they were mean in other ways. Even young children can be bullies.
@@StarCoded Our son attends a charter school so I feel like he is in a good place. He is in a Life Skills class but also gets to go to a regular class. I am going to start working with him with a program I just found out about. Hoping for positive outcomes for him.
Thanks! It was a good discussion and it is important to speak about medical issues in autism. Once kids receive a diagnosis autism parents are told that it is “genetic” without any genetic testing, that there is no treatment and it is a life long condition that somehow can be managed with behavioral therapy. When there is so much research already available. Yet our medical system for the most part ignores it. It is very important to address health issues as early as possible while the brain is still developing. For adults with autism that do not want to be “cured” or do not agree that there is something wrong with them, that is totally fine. Their brain is already developed and they are the way they are. However I am often struck by the lack of compassion in this community towards the people who have severe autism. If treatment or diet would help them to be healthier, function better and be happier it is certainly worth it.
@irinamakovetsky3038 It's the truth though. There is no cure, it is usually genetic but involves many genes so no test for it yet but the doctors will see which if not both parents have autism. Lots of adults are diagnosed after their children are and get great relief knowing why they are difference. There is no treatment and so called behavioural therapies are no better than torture to an autistic child. All they learn is to obey authority and mask their own distress. They grow up vulnerable to abuse and with life long mental health issues.
If I was offered a pill to cure my autism, I wouldn't take it. I only wish that I understood the issues I had in social settings. It has given me the ability to do certain things. I don't want to be like everyone else as if I came from a cookie cutter. For example, when I got into photography, I wanted to learn everything about it.
That hyperfocus and multitasking brain makes me who I am and gave me a high IQ. I wouldn't want to lose my honesty and empathy, my son's kindness and literal thinking, my older child's ruthless honesty and amazing memory.
Autism is the new pandemic and the government needs trying to hide this. Everyone professional that talks about autism, they never mention the severe autistic kids and there are many of them, one being my son. Totally non-verbal and fully dependent on me day and night. He cannot function at all without me. Also she never mention what type of environment factors impact the fetus because there are many parents who would like to have more kids, therefore needs to be educated to avoid certain things
I can't imagine how painful that would have been for loving mothers, to have everyone think that their child's autism was caused by cold parenting 😭 imagine trying to get help and be understood. So awful.
Just popping in here as an autistic person to say I wouldn't want to be any other way. Being autistic is not a burden or a disease, it is a gift. The only burden is the way society treats us. If you are worried about your kid having autism, just focus on building a good and just world for them to live in, and love them the way they are.
Really need folks to stop making statements about gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia like it only happens to "unhealthy" people. It can happen to anyone who is pregnant. GD is do to the placenta. It's not typical diabetes. I've had clients who were healthy as hell & got & clients who weren't & didn't get. Please make sure your information is correct. I absolutely love your podcast and know you always strive to tell the truth. Birth and pregnancy have enough misinformation out as it is
Exactly, pre eclampsia is a placental issue and a degree of immune over reaction which as autisticpeople have a higher level of autoimmune conditions it's hardly surprising
Just from the title and the first two minutes I'm pretty confident in saying that this is very misleading. Autism is almost certainly 100% genetic and is not, in fact, on the rise in actual occurence, it is only on the rise in diagnosis. Those non-genetic "causes" of autism are found to be correlated, but that does not mean that they cause autism. It's probably the other way around - autism causes parents to have kids later, on average, and to have worse socioeconomic situations on average. So if an undiagnosed autistic parent has an autistic kid they incorrectly see that correlation as causation when the actual cause of both sides of the correlation is the genetics of the parents.
This is one of the best interviews with Dr. Goh. You asked great questions that others haven’t. I have a nephew with autism and this explains so much. Thank you.
A risk factor is not a cause. It has to be something specific like Roundup herbicide or the you know whats. Just as vegetable oil causes diabetes and dieting causes obesity.
The worst of the bullying actually came from adults who were usually caregivers, teachers, principlals. The only person who gave me much understanding was the school nurse who I believe had Aspergers herself. The moment I graduated high school my goal was to make enough money to be able to afford therapy. I was in therapy most of my adult life and none of the three therapists I saw over the course of 25 years picked up on my Aspergers. I eventually left therapy and began gardening and it was probably the best thing I’ve ever done for myself.
I agree, adults treated me as spoiled or stuck up because I was always the most intelligent with highest grades in my elementary school. Teachers, family members, and other kids parents treated me pretty bad. I was obviously aspbergers by today's knowledge, but in the 80's and 90's everything was disregarded because I was so capable in academic settings.
I have huge family with so much extended family, 1st, 2nd , 3rd, 4th cousins in their hundreds and not one single person with Autism, then enter 1990 and there is an explosion of Autusm in the community, something definitely in the food or environment causing havoc in human genes.
No there are no more autistic people they were just either accepted by a less demanding society or less shame about their condition means it is talked about. In my vast family the younger generations are diagnosed their parents and my generation were not as children but do have ASD or ADHD and the traits are there to see in the older generations too.
Because she's a pediatric neurologist, that's what she studies. Knowing the cause is important to try to prevent it. Also, early intervention is important because children who get a diagnosis early on and proper therapies usually do better in adulthood.
@@galfromwiyou cannot prevent it, the brain changes are genetic, autistic kids often have autistic parents. What would be helpful would be to look at the severe learning disabilities that some kids have as a comorbidity
@yesi810 I should have been more clear in my comment. Where I said "injury," I was referring to neurological scars. You are right that abuse can cause trauma. To go a little further, trauma can cause neurological scaring.
Abuse towards any child can make them 'act out'. But also just because a kid has behavioral issues doesn't mean they're being abused. You have to remember too though how the rest of the world treats them due to misunderstanding. Complete strangers respond to behaviours sometimes by yelling at them etc. awful.
@lillierose5304 teachers too, all the societal norms about sitting still, looking at the teacher when they talk, not shouting out etc. Imagine a childhood being told you are naughty and rude or stupid and clumsy or weird. It's no wonder people's mental health is so bad
I would like to see the numbers of autistic children that are non-vaccinated and haven’t consumed processed food- AND whose mother was not vaccinated or ate processed foods or took medications while pregnant. Where they at? It’s mostly environmental. We need to wake up.
Excellent interview. It definitely needs more awareness . Early dignosis,early interventions and increase human interactions instead of digital exposure of young infants and children are key factors to be addressed.Dr Suzanne has explained it very nicely.Thanks a lot.
Except increased social interactions only help autistic children to learn to mask better or become burnt out from the stress and both lead to adverse mental health outcomes. A lit of the reason some autistic people are unable to work is due to severe mental health issues or burn out
Have they looked at heavy metal toxicity possibly blocking neurological pathways from forming causinan array of spectrums? Then also, the brain creating stronger super pathways trying to compensate? Asking as person on the spectrum.
@cowsonzambonis6 no it's Bellshill with no evidence to support it. If she compared DSM5 to previous versions she would see why. Decade or so ago they were saying ASD and ADHD could no coexist now there is believed to be about 70% who do have both, or more likely are simply neurodivergent and these arbitrary groups of traits are just descriptors of how you as an individual are at a point in time.
Warning for any autistic person reading this. I looked up her clinic 'Cortica' and they promote ABA therapy, which is very traumatic for someone with ASD. Nuff said
ABA works well for some people with ASD and is only one tool in the toolbox. It was not helpful for my daughter who's ASD is mild, but was very helpful for some of her classmates. I think the doctor made it clear that interventions and treatments should be highly individualized.
Aba therapy was very helpful for both of my boys on Autism spectrum. The procedures have been changed, and now it's very different from the aba therapy, which was 10 years ago
I was getting those vibes from her. Prof Frances Happe is a UK scientist who is neuroaffirming and seems quite autistic herself in her attention to detail and precision of speech
@@anniebhatti9236still abuse, based on dog training techniques when they considered several disabled autistic children as sub human. It may be less harmful now but is still associated with higher rates of mental health issues and are more vulnerable to exploitation and abuse. They are taught they have no choice, no autonomy and have to do things that cause them distress. I watched some so called gentle ABA and the distress it was causing the child made me feel sick that people treat vulnerable children so badly
How about use of folic acid in pregnancy for mums who have mthfr gene? Folic acid is useless beyond 2 m gestation and neural defects found in the 1970s after removal of wheatgerm from flour. Replacing with a synthetic form of b9 ie folic has no logic
According to Dr. Samuel Seyfried, mitochondrial dysfunction also underlies all cancer (with any associated genetic anomaly occurring "further downstream").
Omg you don’t need a label (“neurodivergent”) to be accepted! People need to stop holding judgements or learn to ignore them and be less judgmental anyway! If you don’t like someone or they make you uncomfortable then just stay away and don’t get involved, don’t sit there, watch them, judge them, and mistreat them or act out against them. Like why is that ever the answer with people? Why is that ever tolerated?
Autism is an identity and the cause is genetic. My mother is autistic, I am and so are my daughters. You can improve your health and well-being with diet and all you want, but nothing will make you stop being autistic. We are here and we will not leave and every day there are more of us because we have more detection tools and knowledge. This is also our world, Stop ignorance! just let us be
@@kalyasaify Catch them early... Get them through her clinic for lots of services and supplements... There always will be a small group of kids that will age out of this anyhow. Take the credit for it any way.
Fetal alcohol or drug brain to the brain may produce attachment disorders that are similar to autism they should not be diagnosed as such as it is proven that childhood trauma and damage to the brain in utero might be a factor.
Pregnancy or no pregnancy. Anti acids are not safe. I believe it is the same with antidepressants . Conventional medicine is not going to admit that though.
Is the doctor saying that children with autism have a brain that is growing faster than their peers and therefore is the doctor inferring that the young autistic child’s brain could in fact be too large for their skull at times due to this accelerated growth? And if so, is that where the inflammation theory comes from?
@@ragdollkid1338 There are also studies from Sweden where they tested gut bacteria in large amount new born babies. When a child was diagnosed with autism they looked back at their gut biome. Autistic people had different gut biome than non autistic babies at birth.
The usa has a very toxic environment and food that isn't food. We put mercury in our teeth, we put mono-calcium-phosphate in our bread, we put aluminum in our armpits, we put fluoride and chlorine in our water, we put petrol food colorings in our candy, we put hfcs in every beverage/soda and everything else, we use glycophosphate on every crop/farm, we put bromide in our fabrics, we use soybean oil foam in our beds cars cribs, antibiotics are way overused here, too many have fracked their land and water aquifers. That's just the tip of the iceberg of commonly known toxins here in the usa. That is part of why this is mainly happening in the usa.
@Youllneva - Nope! I am in Africa (living between two countries: Ethiopia and Ghana, distance of countries 3,000 miles apart) sharp increases in both countries and mostly affecting boys. Both are developing countries moving away from completely organic systems to more dependence on chemicals. In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia the childhood jab rate is 98%. GMOs have been used since 1995 in agriculture and cattle, their govt regularly admits to cloud seeding, and fertilizers for agriculture are shipped from the USA. Make of that what you will.
@@miroslavagonscakova7751nope. In the Middle East and especially gulf Arab countries obesity and diabetes are number one killers. Whenever packaged prepared foods are on the increase so is increased weight and poor health.
Basically their goal is still to make everyone neurotypical- she stated that a kid “losing his Autism diagnosis” was considered a win. Also “do basic healthy stuff” doesn’t change neurodivergence.
@@ragdollkid1338 for some people, this is important. Some people wish to search for a cure and others do not. My daughter who is 19, says she would like not to be autistic. If she wishes to pursue a treatment or treatments, she should have that option. I love my daughter the way she is, but I don't experience the world the way she does. Some visual and auditory things are painful for her and cause her anxiety. As an autistic person, she would like to have options. I support her decisions to deal with her needs as an individual. No one should be forced to do anything they do not want to do and, at the same time, no one should have to suffer if there are options to help them. For there to be options, research is essential and terms like prevention, treatment, etc. are the norm in this space whether we like those terms or not. Just as I seek "treatment" in counseling for my difficult personality traits, my daughter wishes to seek "treatment" for her sensory issues and difficulties understanding others. As it is a spectrum disorder, everyone has various issues that vary in intensity and disruption to their goals. Options should be available to those who want them and not imposed on those who do not.
Too late for what? Most adult services for autistic people are inadequate and mostly mental health support for the trauma that society causes but not accepting and supporting people who are not typical
I had an allergic reaction to shrimp while pregnant. I always wonder if that was what caused my sons autism. There have been studies in rats showing when they have anaphylactic reactions, their babies show traits of autism.
It’s genetic and we are more aware of it and have a better tools to be able to diagnose it. There is no increase in Autism just an increase in diagnosis. Neurodivergent people are not broken.
Autism and Fetal Alcohol Syndrome share many symptoms (misunderstanding social cues, hyperactivity, learning disabilities, etc) so that making a diagnosis can be difficult. This would be especially true if a mother falsely denied using alcohol during pregnancy.
Autism is not on the rise. Diagnose is, because it is getting more accessible, more medical understanding, and getting more acceptable to get diagnosed.
@@tsedeniyahiruy6369 If people think that autism is a BS diagnosis that doesn't help either. People say stuff like everyone is autistic. Obviously this is not true but some people believe it.
Definitely. You cannot trust the government and the pharmaceutical companies to care about what they inject your child with. They only care about making money. I have 2 kids; first one I vaccinated and he has autism and second one, i did not and he is thank god fine as far as i can see
@@gagoomt4076 Hepatitis B vaccines were only recommended since birth in the USA since 1991. I was born in 1975. I have autism. I never got the hepatitis B vaccines until I was over the age of 20.
No because fetal alcohol syndrome is a different diagnosis completely. It's caused by brain damage while autism is a brain with more neurones and connection so is overactive
There is a good book called cats have autism and dogs ADHD which amusingly parallels their traits to the human conditions. Social communication is a human thing so that would be hard to prove in animals
@@kalyasaifyI was thinking this before modern society didn’t we behave autistic? That autism is basically a person who doesn’t conform to society and do what they want and is naturally called to do not what society tells them to do?
Well it runs in my family, on both sides and spanning multiple continents. I even had a disabled girl in my family tortured to death to get the so-called demons out of her, before vaccines were available. My son and I are both autistic.
My daughter was very clearly noise and light sensitive in the womb. She is my only child. I didnt know this was extreme and not normal to the degree i experienced. Did anyone else experience this in pregnancy?
Yes I did when I was pregnant.. I had gone for a dental appointment and everytime there was noise while cleaning my teeth I could clearly sense the extreme distress to my baby. I had to tell the dentist to stop it. I didn't understand it then as this was my first & only pregnancy.
it's not. just chill they spread this stuff but in reality we're normal af and beyond smart. just overwhelmed when it comes to too many wrong sensory inputs. check out paige layle or temple grandin for example, only watch autistic ppl when it comes to us. they can't understand a brain that has 65% more neurons and is differently wired in general.
Autism can only be passed down genetically by the father. And there's a link between older male sperm and autism. So there are probably other sperm mutations that cause it too.
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Autism is genetic. Stop trying to fix us, we aren't broken. We just need some accommodations so we can operate optimally. What you are describing is other developmental issues, not autism. I hate that the dsm lumped it in with us.
Autism is diagnosed based on a set of behaviors not based on genetics. So no, it has not been proven that autism is genetic. There are some genetic mutations that may contribute to autism but all people diagnosed with autism do not share a common genetic diagnosis. This is why research is still continuing and why environmental factors may be a large contributor.
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Great interview! She mentioned that autistics statistically die much earlier than other people, but there is another major reason for this that she didn’t mention: autistics who are severely impacted lack sense of danger, and as a result, sadly die from sudden accidents, drowning, etc. This is something that parents like me think about all the time with high supports needs autistic children.
Such an eye opening interview! Have been waiting for something science based about recent research in autism eagerly for quite some time now! Thanks!!!
Can we please have open discussions regarding the impact of alcohol (any amount) on developing brains. FASD is statistically more prevalent than ASD, and ASD is sometimes misdiagnosed when the person actually has brain damage caused by prenatal exposure to alcohol. The medical community has to start having these difficult conversations regarding FASD. So many children/people live unbearably difficult lives with FASD and have little to no support.
Institutional and systemic eugenics is what stifles research on autism and mental health, and progress. Reset the heart before resetting all else. Grassroots and soul upwards revolution iA. Reply to know more.
Autism is an identity and the cause is genetic. My mother is autistic, I am and so are my daughters. You can improve your health and well-being with diet and all you want, but nothing will make you stop being autistic. We are here and we will not leave and every day there are more of us because we have more detection tools and knowledge. This is also our world, Stop ignorance! just let us be
@@Dracarys.. anyone who researches can see that scientific studies are mostly all BS at this point. So people citing them as evidence are completely blind to the reality of what is going on. But then we are told that what we see with our own eyes is wrong?! People please wake up!
