Comments on: Antiseizure Drug Exposure in Pregnancy Linked to Large Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/06/antiseizure-drug-exposure-in-pregnancy-linked-to-large-risk-of-autism-adhd-and-intellectual-disability/ Science, Psychiatry & Social Justice Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:46:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Nicole Corrado https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/06/antiseizure-drug-exposure-in-pregnancy-linked-to-large-risk-of-autism-adhd-and-intellectual-disability/#comment-282863 Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:46:02 +0000 https://www.madinamerica.com/?p=256898#comment-282863 Autism and ADHD are neurodivergent differences, not “problems”, “disorders”, “harms”, or “risks”. I agree that chemicals can attribute to these conditions. I was exposed to diazanon insecticide in utero, and am the most obviously autistic member of my immediate family. I was also exposed to whooping cough from my mom and was born premature. But genetics play the biggest role. If a mom is on a medication for bipolar or epilepsy, it is because she herself is neurodivergent. So the baby (whose mitochondrial DNA is identical to Mom’s), will have Neurodivergent genes.

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