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Definitely not. Ask most doctors if an MRI is warranted for an autism diagnosis and they'll laugh at you.
by thinkcomp 11y ago
Definitely not. Ask most doctors if an MRI is warranted for an autism diagnosis and they'll laugh at you.
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- yellowapple 11y agoI don't see why laughter would be warranted for such a question. Yeah, MRIs are expensive, but wouldn't measurement of the brain's internals among those with autism be helpful in identifying the contributing factors and - maybe someday - a proper treatment?
- DanBC 11y agoYou've proposed the reasonable step of using MRI to scan the brains of people with ASD diagnoses. That's already happening. We could probably do more of it. http://www.nhs.uk/news/2010/12December/Pages/new-brain-scan-diagnose-autism.aspx http://www.nhs.uk/news/2010/12December/Pages/new-brain-scan-... http://autism-center.ucsd.edu/what-causes-autism/Pages/fmri.aspx http://autism-center.ucsd.edu/what-causes-autism/Pages/fmri.... Parent post is talking about scanning an individual. That's less useful. The second link I provide gives some reasoning: ASD is often suspected early. Many parents recognise somethings are different at about two years of age. You can't put an awake two year old in an MRI machine because you need the scanned person to stay still.