Autist's Corner

The dark alley where feminism, autism advocacy and literary criticism meet.

Showing posts with label Rett syndrome. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Rett syndrome. Show all posts

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Autism-Related Gene Spotlight: MECP2

Where is it? Near the very end of the X chromosome, at Xq28. Here is a picture of its position relative to some other genes at that part o...

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A Portrait of the Autist

Lindsay: Kansas, United States; I'm a recent KU graduate with degrees in biochemistry and English lit. I'm also on the autism spectrum, having been diagnosed with PDD-NOS at age 5. It's quite likely that, were I to be seen now, I'd be diagnosed with Asperger syndrome. I write about a lot of things, which include but are not limited to: autism research, psychology, neuroscience, feminism, autism advocacy/neurodiversity, autism in literature, and broad, sweeping cultural critique. I also draw, paint and take the occasional random picture. Spam and abusive comments meet the icy-cold fury of my deleting finger.

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