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Asperger Syndrome Tied To Low Cortisol Levels

Posted by timothy on from the years-of-single-minded-study dept.

caffiend666 writes "According to a Health Day article, low levels of a stress hormone may be responsible for the obsession with routine and dislike for new experiences common in children with a certain type of autism. 'This study suggests that children with AS may not adjust normally to the challenge of a new environment on waking,' study researcher David Jessop, from the University of Bristol, said in the news release. 'This may affect the way they subsequently engage with the world around them.'"

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  1. WHAT? by TheRealMindChild · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wait, What?! They can cure my Asperger's?! I DONT WANT THEM TO! I like everything the way it is! LEAVE ME ALONE! AHHHHHHHHHH

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    1. Re:WHAT? by mrdoogee · · Score: 2, Funny

      The old Crayola Olblongata.

  2. So ... by Aaron_Pike · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... to prevent AS in my own children I should make their infancy more stressful? Like run them through mazes with electrodes along the wrong routes or something?

    1. Re:So ... by Thelasko · · Score: 3, Funny

      Like run them through mazes with electrodes along the wrong routes or something?

      Back in my day, we called it "building character."

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    2. Re:So ... by TaoPhoenix · · Score: 3, Funny

      Your set of 9 "perfectly"s has one more letter than Ballmer's set of 8 "developers".

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  3. Re:Go to your hugboxes, asspies by an+unsound+mind · · Score: 2, Funny

    *sigh*

    And every SINGLE goddamn Aspergers-related article will result in a million awful (as in no good at it) trolls crawling out of ED pretending to hold a candle to GNAA.

  4. Re:Troll syndrome. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Is that why RMS's pee smells so badly? He had some aspergers as a side with dinner?