Surely not Colin, as the research focuses on the preferences of the FATHERS of people with autism, not the people themselves. Am I missing something?
Gillian> Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 20:46:05 +0000> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Men who don't find curvy women attractive 'could father children with autism'> To: [log in to unmask]> > > A positive within this research that highlights that ASC's/ND's do not discriminate and see past the physical traits... Does this resaerch highlight even further that ASC's/ND's are not 'shallow'and see the 'inner-beauty' within 'humanity'. > > > Colin Revell> > > > > > ----------------------------------------> > Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2009 14:36:36 -0600> > From: [log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Men who don't find curvy women attractive 'could father children with autism'> > To: [log in to unmask]> >> > Hmmm, I don't know what to say to this kind of research, lol. O_o> >> >> > ===============> > Dawna Lee Rumball, Doctoral Student> > President-Elect, Canadian Disability Studies Association-> > Association Canadienne des Études sur l'Incapacité> > Department of Educational Studies> > Faculty of Education, University of British Columbia> > 2125 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4> > Email: [log in to unmask]> > Web-site: http://www.cdsa-acei.ca/> >> >> > On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM, Margo Milne wrote:> >> >> Men who do not find the shape of the curvier woman most attractive could be> >> more likely to father children with autism, according to a study.> >>> >> Researchers showed 100 men with autistic children pictures of curvy women,> >> women with athletic frames and more rounded women and found that they do> >> not> >> have a preference on which figure they find more attractive.> >>> >> The new research from the University of Bath suggests that fathers of> >> autistic children do not share the preference of men across the world for> >> the curvier woman.> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1109722/Men-dont-curvy-women-attra> >> ctive-father-children-autism.html> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> ________________End of message________________> >>> >> This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for> >> Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (> >> www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies).> >> Enquiries about list administration should be sent to> >> [log in to unmask]> >>> >> Archives and tools are located at:> >> www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html> >> You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.> >>> >> > ________________End of message________________> >> > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies).> > Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask]> >> > Archives and tools are located at:> > www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html> > You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.> _________________________________________________________________> Imagine a life without walls. See the possibilities> http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/122465943/direct/01/> ________________End of message________________> > This Disability-Research Discussion list is managed by the Centre for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds (www.leeds.ac.uk/disability-studies).> Enquiries about list administration should be sent to [log in to unmask]> > Archives and tools are located at:> www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/disability-research.html> You can VIEW, POST, JOIN and LEAVE the list by logging in to this web page.
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