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General Discussion => Biographical Forum => Topic started by: madnell on February 29, 2008, 09:02:54 PM



Title: autism?
Post by: madnell on February 29, 2008, 09:02:54 PM
i keep coming across articles that link DJ
with autism.  the most recent example is in the first paragraph
of this article:

http://www.jambase.com/Articles/Story.aspx?storyID=13036

"Johnston's lifelong battle with Autism and Bipolar disorder .."

anyone know or care to speculate where this notion comes from?
thanks.



Title: Re: autism?
Post by: Henry Long on March 02, 2008, 08:27:30 AM
Mis-information? Misunderstanding psychological terms? Social prejudices? Sensationalism? Bad writing?

Just a few guesses... :-P


Title: Re: autism?
Post by: gregbatchelder on March 17, 2009, 05:07:31 PM
New research suggest that autism spectrum disorders and bipolar disorder are closely related and can occur commorbidly


Title: Re: autism?
Post by: ItsHardToFindAFriend on March 18, 2009, 07:29:29 PM
Well instead of making a new thread, since were already on the topic...

i notice alot of the new videos of daniel his hands shake...
is that a product of some kind of condition he has?


Title: Re: autism?
Post by: Henry Long on March 19, 2009, 08:02:42 AM
It's explained more fully elsewhere on here, but essentially it's the meds I believe.