Treatable ID and Some Autism
Vancouver is one of the most attractive cities I have visited. It is home to BC Children’s Hospital and Dr Sylvia Stöckler-Ipsiroglu and Dr Clara van Karnebeek . Together they have produced a remarkably thorough website called Treatable-ID , which sets out information on 82 treatable forms of Intellectual Disability (ID), formerly known as Mental Retardation (MR). This excellent resource was recently brought to my attention by a reader of this blog from Down Under, another place well worth visiting. Thanks, Alexandria . ID/MR and Autism ID/MR is defined as having an IQ less than 70; this means the cognitively weakest 2.2% of the population. Classic Autism, Autistic Disorder or what we might now also call Strict Definition Autism affects about 0.3% of the population. It is likely that about half of this group would score <70 in an IQ test. I do not suggest they take one. It is clear that an overlap might exist between the causes of...