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				<title>Simon Baron-Cohen</title>
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I am interested in Cambridge University psychologist Simon Baron-Cohen's suggestion that high functioning autistics, and mothers of autistic children share certain personality traits.  He suggests they have hyper masculine, analytical brains.  I would suggest we are also nonconformists, and perhaps play tournament bridge. Tony was diagnosed in the days when autism was believed caused by maternal rejection, and psychotherapy for mother was the treatment.   In the cosmic scheme of things, being the mother of my autistic son probably wasn't an very important job, but only I could do it.  It was an achievement that required epic effort and imagination. I fear terrible things might have happened to Tony if he had been placed in an institution under the care of people who didn't love him.   All my children, including Tony, experienced happy childhoods, and today none of them are shamed by, or regret their basic natures.   As a mother, that was my achievement.  Tony's brother and sister acquired more compassion and understanding than many children their age because of Tony.   I spent many years writing a book describing many of Baron-Cohen's views before he even wrote them.  

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Bertvan@aol.com
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, August 26, 2010]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ bertvan]]></author>
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				<title>Re:Simon Baron-Cohen</title>
				<description><![CDATA[ Hi bertvan, and welcome to IAN. :)

Thank you for sharing your story with us, and your thoughts about mothers who share some characteristics of their children on the autism spectrum. As you noted, Simon Baron-Cohen and others have done work on this phenomenon: autistic traits that seem to occur more frequently in the family members of children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs). This is known as the Broad Autism Phenotype (BAP), and it sounds as though you have expressed a personal story on this theme in your book.

We discuss this briefly on our "insights from genetics" page: http://www.iancommunity.org/cs/understanding_research/insights_from_genetics

For anyone interested in the work of Simon Baron-Cohen and his team at the Autism Research Centre, who have also been involved in developing the concept of "Theory of Mind," the hypothesis that autistic traits occur more often in family members of children with ASD than in other families, and the "Extreme Male Brain Theory," they have a website here: http://www.autismresearchcentre.com/arc/default.asp

We also have an article on the Extreme Male Brain Theory on IAN Community: http://www.iancommunity.org/cs/understanding_research/extreme_male_brain]]></description>
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				<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, August 27, 2010]]> GMT</pubDate>
				<author><![CDATA[ Connie (IAN Staff)]]></author>
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