Laurie - Interview 53  

Laurie - Interview 53

Sex: Female
Background: Laurie, a student, lives with her three children. Ethnic background/nationality: White British.

Brief outline:Laurie, 46, was diagnosed with Asperger syndrome when she was 44. She is starting a university course in journalism and works part time as a market researcher.

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Laurie thinks that “your brain is wired differently from most other people”.

 



Do you have any idea about what causes autism?

 

You hear different arguments don’t you? They say it is genetic or you know, it is genetic or it could be caused through a trauma at birth or soon after birth. You are still going to have always have the endless debate about the MMR vaccines and stuff like that. I don’t know. I think the jury is still out on that. I think a lot of, you can break your leg in lots of different ways. I think at some point they will probably conclude that all of these things can cause it or contribute to it. I think that sometimes, you can, I personally think you can sometimes acquire it, if for instance you have, at any time in your life you can have some kind of brain damage, but I think it does tend to be, not brain damage, it is just that your brain is wired up differently from most other peoples.

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