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6 Degrees of Autism

discovermagazine.com — Reasearchers at columbia unviversity gathered clinical data from 1.5 million patients with 161 different and put the findings togetherto explore commonalities.

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  • bringmeupmusic, on 03/27/2008, -7/+2Very intriguing article.
  • jm4847, on 03/27/2008, -10/+3lol
  • Balath, on 03/27/2008, -9/+73.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375. . . .
    • JackHarkness, on 03/27/2008, -1/+13.141592653589793238462643383279502884197169399375105820974944592307816406286208998628034825342117067982148086513282306647093844609550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954930381964428810975665933446128475648233786783165271201909145648566923460348610454326648213393607260249141273724587006606315588174881520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035261931188171010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303598253490428755468731159562863882353787593751957781857780532171226806613001927876611195909216420198938095257201065485863278865936153381827968230301952035301852968995773622599413891249721775283479131515574857242454150695950829533116861727855889075098381754637464939319255060400927701671139009848824012858361603563707660104710181942955596198946767837449448255379774726847104047534646208046684259069491293313677028989152104752162056966024058038150193511253382430035587640247496473263914199272604269922796782354781636009341721641219924586315030286182974555706749838505494588586926995690927210797509302955321165344987202755960236480665499119881834797753566369807426542527862551818417574672890977772793800081647060016145249192173217214772350141441973568548161361157352552133475741849468438523323907394143334547762416862518983569485562099219222184272550254256887671790494601653466804988627232791786085784383827967976681454100953883786360950680064225125205117392984896084128488626945604241965285022210661186306744278622039194945047123713786960956364371917287467764657573962413890865832645995813390478027590099465764078951269468398352595709825822620522489407726719478268482601476990902640136394437455305068203496252451749399651431429809190659250937221696461515709858387410597885959772975498930161753928468138268683868942774155991855925245953959431049972524680845987273644695848653836736222626099124608051243884390451244136549762780797715691435997700129616089441694868555848406353422072225828488648158456028506

      I remember it rhythmically
  • Celeron, on 03/27/2008, -7/+12Do I see a hint of mild autism? "unviversity", "togetherto"?
    • dudettea, on 03/27/2008, -2/+0Isn't it obvious?
    • CeeJayDK, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4A lot of autistics are perfectionists and extremely good at spotting patterns and disruptions in them - like spelling errors.
      It is unlikely that an autistic person would make an obvious spelling error, so you couldn't be more wrong.
    • jenshik, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2No, you see a hint of lazy Neurotypical. Autism doesn't make people dyslexic.
  • mooseontheloose, on 03/27/2008, -6/+1What the ***** did you just say?
  • TheFinaleofSeem, on 03/27/2008, -2/+15Bah, I was expecting an article on the varying severities of autistic spectrum disorders. Instead, it's related disorders, and somehow HIV made it's way in there.
    • Phssthpok, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4"and somehow HIV made it's way in there."

      RTFA
    • monsieurgrand02, on 03/27/2008, -0/+6I was expecting the same. The title is somewhat misleading.
  • gab00n, on 03/27/2008, -4/+1I prefer 0.104719755 radians.
  • Wolfenarium, on 03/27/2008, -6/+0george's brain is a ven diagram of all these diseases, meh, obligatory bush hate
  • jflowers45, on 03/27/2008, -4/+7Anything that promotes public awareness on autism is diggable in my book.
    • jtbandes, on 03/27/2008, -11/+1I know someone who is part of the upcoming lawsuit against drug companies. It turns out that many small children have been getting several vaccines at once... and the vaccines have mercury in them. These kids end up autistic literally the next day. It's frightening.
      This has been happening for years now.
      http://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/features/jan-jun ...
      • Murdats, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9no, no it hasnt been happening, and if there is a single ounce of rationality in the US court system none of the test cases will pass .the recent test case wasnt about autism, it was the combination of a genetic abnormality combined with a condition similar to autism (but distinctly different).
        it was also settled out of court meaning that the father pressing the suit didnt think it had a good chance of going through and now can be used as precedent.
        • jtbandes, on 03/27/2008, -8/+1No, I'm sorry. It's happening. Believe whatever you want.
          • PaxImperium, on 03/27/2008, -0/+7Since Thimerosol has been out of children's vaccines since 2003, you are either blatantly ignorant or lying.
          • Murdats, on 03/27/2008, -0/+4No, I'm sorry. It's not happening. Believe whatever you want.
            just dont harm your children, other peoples children and society as a whole by neglecting to care for them, convincing other parents not to care for their children, and removing the herd effect that vaccines offer, you benifit from other peoples vaccinations, do you want pollio epidimics and the like again?
      • Hortnon, on 03/27/2008, -1/+9It's going to be funny when they lose, because all you conspiracy theorists will go insane. Is it because you were wrong? Is it because the government is in on it? Or something far worse?!?! O NOES
  • benclark007, on 03/27/2008, -9/+2wtf is this doing on the front page
    • Mikhail101, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1***** you asshole i hope you become mentally impaired one day.
    • monsieurgrand02, on 03/27/2008, -1/+4It's a complex process that might be too difficult for you to understand.
  • BlueCadenza, on 03/27/2008, -5/+0Admit it already, we don't understand autism because its an entirely FREAKING DIFFERENT world beyond our capacity to understand. But science sure as heck has a bias that says autism is on par with being "retarted" or an inability to comprehend basic concepts.
  • mal1964, on 03/27/2008, -5/+2Alcoholism is a Disease.
    • mal1964, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1What is it then?
    • Mikhail101, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I guess ive come down with a case of Alcoholism, must have caught it from someone.
      • mal1964, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I caught Cancer from the same person.
    • jamesdew, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1I'm powerless to save myself from this terrible disease
      • mal1964, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2Surrender
      • unitedstatians, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Fight it like a legend do the Montoya slash and set your inner body free.
    • unitedstatians, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1What a coincidence, there are six local Coors brewery & liquor distilleries in my area. Might these alcoholic dependencies stem from the close proximity of the distributors to my droom?... Nah! why do I always try to find the simplest route, c'mon new studies say it's genetic.
  • DjViral, on 03/27/2008, -1/+8check this out. savant autism Stephen Wiltshire, known as the human camera.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAfaM_CBvP8
    (not rickroll)
    • EmperorAwesome, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1Thank you so much for that link, the man's memory drawings are genius. Now I feel like an imbecile having to look at something when I draw it.
  • 4d669, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3This could have been great. There's a lot of diseases that don't have the names, I was expecting a mouse over name for each bubble but instead we only get a few. I don't understand why it had to be all smashed together either. Sometimes 2D works better than 3D, even if it's not as high tech looking.
  • glasnt, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Interesting article, but it doesn't really match the description for this digg item. I'm guessing someone hasn't been on 4chan long enough to learn how to copy and paste effectively.

    Still, dugg for ingenuity of the article.
    • bagboyrebel, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1what the hell does 4chan have to do with copying and pasting?
  • DiggLive, on 03/27/2008, -5/+2I blame Xenu.
  • fodbirdy, on 03/27/2008, -0/+1That's a bit unnerving
  • Mikhail101, on 03/27/2008, -2/+2Craziness, A band called Dream Theater did a song called 6 Degrees Of Inner Turbulence which is a 40 minute song about mental problems one of them was autism.

    Heres info of the 40 minute song http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Degrees_of_Inner_ ...

    Heres the video to a part of the song called Solitary Shell (sounds a lot like Solsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKsvTTOTXDA
    • smacksaw, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Well that pretty much explains why so many people dislike Dream Theater. Did you know that at high school dances they are playing DT as the last few songs? It turns out that DT is the most effective contraceptive there is as it makes all horny females lose their interest in sex. Pregnancies are way down since then. I think that Autism song is probably part of the rotation.

      The side effect is that the math club, the AV club and the chess club all end up having a male-on-male orgy afterward, but there's no pregnancies from that.
      • Aensland, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1DT has more musical talent in their individual fingers than all of the insipid talentless MTV hacks you presumably love.
        • smacksaw, on 03/28/2008, -0/+1No, they have more technical ability and experience with music theory. That alone does not make good music. That's why it's called Math Rock. Music should have a soul, not be a math problem.

          ps - I don't watch MTV or love their hacks.
  • noseeme, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2I'm proud to be one of the few diggers that does not have Asperger syndrome.
    • GeyserShitdick, on 03/27/2008, -4/+2This is true. A recent study shows that 75% of the internet has (self-diagnosed) assburgers.
    • CeeJayDK, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I'm proud to be one of those that do.
  • smacksaw, on 03/27/2008, -0/+2I never knew Kevin Bacon was that close to being Autistic.
  • davidwasman, on 03/27/2008, -2/+3I work with kids who have Autism and Aspergers and this study goes a long way to helping them live more normal lives. More awareness is a good thing, too.
  • yaywowyay, on 03/27/2008, -5/+1de de der duh duuuueeeeee
  • zongamin, on 03/27/2008, -4/+1I'm a very good driver
  • loopyloopy, on 03/27/2008, -2/+2i dont get it
  • jenshik, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3***** article. It's got almost nothing to do with autism, and definitely not six degrees of it.

    Buried.
  • protogenxl, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3Temple Grandin Has Autisim
    Temple Grandin was in "Expedition ins Gehirn" (2006) with Benjamin Volz
    Benjamin Volz was in Paradigma (1985) with Vittorio Gassman
    Vittorio Gassman was in Sleepers (1996) with Kevin Bacon
  • Observer001, on 03/27/2008, -1/+1It's a very charming presentation, but there's very little meat to the article. You'd be better off reading a journal of psychology or even the DSM-IV-TR.
  • LLLSecretChimp, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Interesting, but how quickly can you link an autistic to Kevin Bacon?
    • ManyAsOne, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1Protogenxl did it just two comments above you.
  • piesforyou, on 03/27/2008, -1/+3I really don't know what I'm looking at.
  • Cory70, on 03/27/2008, -2/+1i love teh pi
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  • steeeeve, on 03/27/2008, -1/+2Where are the "six degrees of autism" there?
  • shortmilton, on 03/27/2008, -0/+3I wish I was smart enough to where that picture actually meant something to me.
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