does your chid have this??? | Autism PDD
jack has red hair and a patch of /ighter/blonde in the back that is much finer he also has big blue eyes and is very cute (not that i'm biased) everyone who meets him tell us that he is gorgeous not sure about the iq thing wouldn't have said that mine was particularly high,DH is intelligent but not einstien but he does have alot of traits of ASD himself i just thought he was a bit strange until the kids were born and we started looking there issues at which point my mother in law rattled off a long list of things dh would do as a child i have to say i felt so sorry for him after that
Jeffrey has dark brown hair, which runs in my family and in their dad's family. He has hazel eyes, which runs in my family. It is very thick and can be very curly when you let it grow out. His dad has curly hair when his hair grows out. But curly hair runs on my mom's side of the family. And I used to have thick hair when I was younger. Gabe has dark brown hair that will get red highlights in it during the summer and at certain lengths. He gets the red hair from his dad. He has brown eyes, which he gets from his dad. And it can be curly too, especially when it is humid outside. Which their dad's hair does. And they do not have unusually big eyes. As I learned in science class years ago, the hair and eye color is based on the genetic makeup of the parents and their families. It is not uncommon for one eye color or hair color to skip generations. I know I have a cousin that has red hair, with the freckles too. And no one else on my side or my aunt's side has red hair.
Tammy
[QUOTE=JillNJake] That's interesting about the attractive/large eye thing. I know I'm biased, but I think my son is unusually attractive. Everybody who meets him says the same thing, so I think maybe it's not just me
I hear the same thing as well...and when I see other autistic children They are all just beautiful..angelic looking, is what people always tell me...people I don't even know. Owens hair is dirty blonde all over
My hubby has been reading that book by Temple something..I forget now, I know sure you know of her..she says usually both or one parent have very high IQ, and an anxiety disorder is present in the family. I wonder how true that is. I and many of my family members have a mild anxiety disorder..most not medicated, and my hubby was labeled genious in school, and put in special class. We took an IQ test recently and his is 156 and mine is 135 which surprised the heck out of me, since I never did well in school LOL.
I can safely say that neither me nor the kids dad has a high iq. And neither one of us has been diagnosed with a anxiety disorder. I think it just comes down to when two or more different type of genes are mixed. They do not know that much about gene therapy in the U.S. at this point. Now I did have a great aunt that was very claustrophobic. But she was not blood kin to me.
Tammy
supposedly, i am told, that an autistic child has a characteristic hair type. often they will have 2 types/ 2 colors of hair.
i used to jokingly call keith patches, because he has very course light brown hair all over hia head and a few spots of finer blonde hair.
do your children have this? i am wondering how common it really is?
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kate
Wow...My son has the same color of brown hair all of his head, but i the back of his head he has a path of lighter hair almost white..it is also thinner than the rest of his hair that is very thick. Thank god I keep he hair short in the back it is not that noticable. The ped. has no idea what it is or what caused it.
I never knew there was a connection. He has had this since he was about a year old. We have always wondered what caused this.
Where did you hear about this..I would be interested.
Kelly
Nope, Katie has waist length black hair. There are no patches of different colorsmy daughter has brown hair underneath (her father's hair color) and light blonde hair on top (my hair color). but the colors blend together so well that most people dont notice, and just say she has dark blonde/light brown hair.also, the top layer of her hair is straight, while the underneath is curly. oftentimes it makes her hair look really ragged and uncombed. everyday i try to pull it back in a ponytail or braids so people dont think i neglect her hair.
when her
hair was shorter, i would blowdry it straight so it looked nice. but
now that her hair is long, those curls just do not want to straighten.
kinda like my hair - very stubborn.i once read an article that said autistic children are very attractive and have unusually large eyes. many people tell me my daughter should be in modeling because she's so cute (i think she's adorable but i'm biased! lol) and she has really large, round, brown eyes with long, curled black eyelashes. she didnt get those eyes from me, i'm so jealous!! has anybody else heard anything about the attractive/large eye thing?
That's interesting about the attractive/large eye thing. I know I'm biased, but I think my son is unusually attractive. Everybody who meets him says the same thing, so I think maybe it's not just me
He also has enormous saucer-like eyes. His hair is all one color and type, though.
i have read so muny books lately on asd/aspergers, i really could not tell you which one it was. i have been reading everything cover to cover. it might have been the everything parents of hfa/ autistic/aspergers need to know and get through the day by adell jameson tilton. i love her input! she is also a mom of autism. anyway; whichever book it is i am quoting, it talks about the hair differences, eyes being very large and all round beautiful kids, as well as, the commonality of having allergies, eczema and brown eyes.
it could be very well like all the other groupings that many of our kids fit into, but many that they do not. keith has blue eyes, very pleasing looks, eczema and allergies, and the hair thing.
i still think the hair thing, for those of us w/ kids that have it. look at the kids that you have w/ no hair differences and are not in asd....makes you wonder..
kate
This is interesting but the only child that I have with two different tones of hair color is basically NT and not on the spectrum. My oldest son has red hair everywhere but the roots. When his hair starts to grow it is light blonde and then changes to red somehow. The only way you can tell is if you lift his hair up and look at his roots. LOL My child with autism is all one color though.
Karrie
I used to babysit a boy who had brown hair with a patch of blonde right in the middle. He wasnt on the spectrum. I think whoever came up with this theory is grasping at straws... I'd be interested to read what info they have if you have a link.... ? My son has autism... his hair is all one color and course... but he is part hispanic which would explain it.I have also been told that most children with autism are unusually attractive.
Interesting.
Melanie
I do have a child with eczema, allergies and large brown eyes. He is not the one on the spectrum. Go figure..
Renee
My boys have big round beautiful eyes as well, and people are always commenting on how beautiful they are. But their hair is all the same color. However, my IQ is in the 160s, and their fathers is in the 140s, and we were both placed into gifted programs in school. We both have been medicated for anxiety disorders as well.My daughter Logyn has huge round green eyes......and right now, with a dash of red! HA!
Jerri
My son's hair is all one color. I swear to you he is the most beautiful person I've ever seen. Everyone who meets him comments on how cute he is. His neurosurgeon said he looked like a cherub figurine. Personally, I think he looks like a Precious Moments character.Paul is very good looking-we've been told that since he was a baby. Even told he is beautiful. Anxiety disorder runs rampart through my family (the reunions are nerve racking--ha!) I'm kind of intrigued by the red hair theme. I'm a red head--it runs strong in my family--there is real, documented, respected evidence that redheads respond differently to medicines and allergens and all kinds of things. They also often have paradoxical reactions. Like Benadryl makes me hyper (and Paul). It isn't everyone but it is a pre-disposition. We have a mutated gene they've discovered. Anyway...
pat
I don't know, my son was always described as beautiful and angelic (he has those cute cherub cheeks complete with dimples). He has one color throughout his hair, and he does have huge eyes. However, so do I and so does my hopefully NT 15 month old daughter. I have really bad myopia (near-sightedness) and my eye doctor had commented that he had a theory that people with big, beautiful eyes were almost always very near-sighted! So, I think you can generalize to anything. There is nothing wrong with my son's vision, so there goes that theory!
The nurses at the hospital where he was born did comment that he was the most alert, observant baby they'd ever seen. And, since he was over 10 pounds, he looked and acted more like a 3 month old at birth. We got TONS of comments on how alert and observant he was - I wonder if it was because he was always on sensory overload? He is 4 now and we just got a PDD-NOS diagnosis from a very wonderful doctor who gave it to us while saying that most physicians would laugh at him for giving the diagnosis. But, he clearly saw issues and said that kids need to get help as early as possible and that it was quite possible that with early intervention he could lose a lot of his behaviors. My son is very verbal and very bright, so we were very glad to hear this. Anyway, I digress...
My daughter looks very angelic and has the cherub cheeks with dimples and huge, beautiful eyes too. She seems very NT to me, with a few exceptions. We can't tell the color of her hair yet, though, as she barely has any!
[QUOTE=mypaul]Paul is very good looking-we've been told that since he was a baby. Even told he is beautiful. Anxiety disorder runs rampart through my family (the reunions are nerve racking--ha!) I'm kind of intrigued by the red hair theme. I'm a red head--it runs strong in my family--there is real, documented, respected evidence that redheads respond differently to medicines and allergens and all kinds of things. They also often have paradoxical reactions. Like Benadryl makes me hyper (and Paul). It isn't everyone but it is a pre-disposition. We have a mutated gene they've discovered. Anyway...
pat
[/QUOTE]this is fascinating. red hair is dominant in my fathers family, although i ended up with blonde hair and my daughter both blonde and brown with a slight touch of red. if what you say about redheads is true, it really explains A LOT! i've never heard of it before, but i would like to know more.
A friend of mine has 3 children, the oldest has autism. Her youngest, who is about 1 yo now, has a patch of different colored hair. Her pedi said that she may have Waardenburg Syndrome.
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/waard.asp
"Waardenburg syndrome is an inherited disorder often characterized by varying degrees of hearing loss and changes in skin and hair pigmentation."
"People with WS may also have distinctive hair coloring, such as a patch of white hair or premature gray hair as early as age 12."
"Individuals with Waardenburg syndrome may have some or all of the traits of the syndrome. For example, a person with WS may have a white forelock, a patch of white hair near the forehead, and no hearing impairment. Others may have white patches of skin and severe hearing impairment. The severity of the hearing impairment varies among individuals with WS as do changes in the skin and hair."
Benadryl will make some kids hyper. It is one of the side effects of the medication. It makes Jeffrey hyper and he doesn't have red hair.
Tammy
That probably wasn't a great example or I didn't explain it well. Anyone can have paradoxical reactions but they are more common in redheads. When I was growing up my mom (redhead) would tell me stuff like that and some doctors would say it, while other drs just rolled their eyes-like it was a folklore thing. I've never been sure. Seems to me that I overreact to some meds and underreact to others. But in the last few years there's been research showing that there is a genetic "thing" that does affect how meds are processed in redheads.
Better ex: I had surgery earlier this year and anasthesiologist talked about how'd he would begin by using less on me because of my hair--asked me if I was a natural redhead.
I noticed how many people were bringing up red hair. It's also interesting that red hair is on the rise.
I'll send some links because I'm not too sure of all the details--I was just amazed because all my life it's been treated more as folklore by most drs and my mom swore it was real. Mom was right again!
pat
I know I cannot tolerate high doses of medications. When I had a severe high ankle sprain they give me some anti inflammatory meds but since they were a high dose they would make me sick no matter if I ate before I took them or had a glass of milk with them. When I had eye surgery when I was 16 the anesthesia they gave me was too high and it caused me to have a seizure.
Tammy
I'm going with MyPaul, although not a purebred myhair has alot of red in it and I went thru natural childbirth twice, NOT BY CHOICE. after the third epidural with Connor, the anastethiologist asked if my hair was natural, I said yes and he said, well I don't think there is anything more i can do. I was pissed. I thought it was a freak thing that the pain meds didn't work with Cate. It wasn't until after I was out of the hospital that I asked my Dr and he said it was true, there are studies that redheads underreact to pain meds. It also takes about 3 shots of novacaine at the dentist and leaves me feeling like jabberjaws for about a week...That is amazing. They have to use 3x novacaine, but less anesthesia, more pain meds, less anti-anxiety meds (like xanax, valium absolutely knock me out)--I've never heard anyone else talk about it but the hair discussion reminded how it finally was proven about the red hair. And so isn't that interesting about the 2 tone hair in some autistic kids.
pat
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