Identifying your sub-type of Autism
Today’s post is very much a work in progress, so do not expect all the answers. It has occurred to me and also some readers of this blog that you could produce a diagnostic decision tree that would narrow down each person’s sub-type of autism. This really does lend itself to a relatively simple computer model, meaning you could have a simple on-line diagnostic program/app. You do wonder why a tiny part of the hundreds of millions of dollars spent on autism research is not allocated in this direction. A blank screen awaiting more case studies A company called Verily, formerly Google Life Sciences, would be an appropriate partner for such a project. Google is currently backing the approach that genetic testing will reveal all about autism, which looks unlikely. The decision tree computing part of such a project could be done in an afternoon, what would like more time is creating the logical diagnostic steps. One clever part, where Verily could help, would be the use of software to ...