<div>Dear Christophe,</div>
<div>Thank you so much for your reply. As you stated "how environment can trigger autism but<br>environment seems not to be the origin of this "impairment" seems not but no research proves this. Some say <strong>Genetics</strong>, some say <strong>Genetics + environment, some other says Vaccine, Some say environment</strong>. I have recently read an article that state <u>all of us can be placed on this spectrum one way or another</u> but with low percentage. You know there is no agreement yet on whether Science is Fact or Hypothesis. </div>
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<div>As researchers, we cannot give advice to risk kids' health even if we have enough evidence that there are many bilingual kids that are healthy. </div>
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<div>What is agreed here is that early bilingualism would lead to <strong>language delay</strong> (either expressive or comprehension) and this could be dangerous for a possible autistic child. and we will not learn some autistic symptoms until <u><strong>ages of two or even five and even ten</strong></u>. </div>
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<div>In science we are working with <strong>probability</strong>. No one can here claim that all ideas stated early in this list are true for 100% and when it <strong><u>comes to health</u></strong> (mentally and cognitively) we are even cautious with even minimum percents (saying 10 % percent). </div>
<div>Of course, by saying these I mean to be of help not ignoring some probable facts.</div>
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<div>Best regards,</div>
<div>Parisa <br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Christophe dos Santos <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christophe.h.dos.santos@gmail.com">christophe.h.dos.santos@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class="gmail_quote">Dear Parisa,<br><br>I have read a lot of papers recently that seems to show that Autism is<br>strongly based on genetic origin (not only one gene but a pool of<br>
genetic alterations can cause autism).<br>It is not clear however ".<br><br>A general article about autism (but a simple search will give you a<br>lot more information about genetic issues linked with autism) :<br><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/autism-and-genetics-a-breakthrough-that-sheds-light-on-a-medical-mystery-1996221.html" target="_blank">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/autism-and-genetics-a-breakthrough-that-sheds-light-on-a-medical-mystery-1996221.html</a><br>
<br>Best,<br><br>Christophe dos Santos<br>Université François Rabelais, Tours<br><br>2011/5/9 parisa Daftarifard <<a href="mailto:pdaftaryfard@gmail.com">pdaftaryfard@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
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<div class="h5">> Dear Aliyah,<br>><br>> Thank you for your reply and comment. What I am cautious about is not being<br>> bilingual (I speak two languages and understand three languages) but is<br>> about early bilingualism. Many early bilingualism (for example the one Edith<br>
> explained) one language is dominant and functional.<br>><br>> I think we need research to see if multilingual interaction from zero (one<br>> month forward) would exist very much or not. Usually one language is<br>
> functional not two languages. This is the case we have in Iran. Turkish or<br>> Armenia all are bilingual but kids from zero are mostly (if I say not all of<br>> them because I have no research at hand), through my individual questioning<br>
> parents, are interacted in one language first and the second language is not<br>> dominant or interactional in early stages.<br>><br>> from educational perspective, bilingualism brings many chances but when we<br>
> approach the issue from the clinical perspective we need to be very cautious<br>> about claims and result of research.<br>><br>> Many cognitive problems like autism may not show itself till age two. If we<br>
> expose our kid when we are not even aware of his health to more than one<br>> language, our kids are at risk. Unless you have an evidence of autistic<br>> bilingual who benefit multiple exposures.<br>><br>> Moreover, do you think who is more healthy: the kid who start speaking at<br>
> the age two or the one who starts at the age of four or five. expressive<br>> language is very important to mental health. I have seen those kids with<br>> language delay that are angry when they cannot express themselves some times<br>
> they show aggressive behavior.<br>><br>> Natural exposure is not what we argue about here. I am talking about<br>> purposefully confusing kid with many functionally used language while we are<br>> not sure that this kid is completely OK.<br>
><br>> Best,<br>> Parisa Daftarifard<br>><br>><br>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 10:35 AM, Aliyah MORGENSTERN<br>> <<a href="mailto:aliyah.morgenstern@gmail.com">aliyah.morgenstern@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>> Dear Parisa, dear Tamar and Yves,<br>>> 3/4th of the world is at least bilingual, if not multilingual and some of<br>>> us have been exposed to 2 , 3, 4 languages from birth. Don't be so quick in<br>
>> saying it provokes more language delay than being monolingual. And remember<br>>> most monolinguals are native English speakers (and native French speakers)<br>>> and write a lot of papers...<br>>> So lets take our time before we stress parents about what to do with their<br>
>> children when they are lucky enough to live in a multicultural society.<br>>> I'm sure more specialists of multilingualism will answer. PLEASE take your<br>>> time and don't follow ONE advice.<br>
>> Best,<br>>> Aliyah from Paris<br>>> Le 9 mai 2011 à 05:11, parisa Daftarifard a écrit :<br>>><br>>> Language delay is much more dangerous than loosing time for true<br>>> bilingualism. There are many risk factors like being autistic, developmental<br>
>> delay and global delay in terms of cognition. I think recent psychology<br>>> suggests for learning one language first and then being exposed to other<br>>> languages. I can send you some books off list.<br>
>><br>>> Best,<br>>> Parisa<br>>><br>>> On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 3:55 AM, beachjade <<a href="mailto:beachjade@gmail.com">beachjade@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> Dear Tamar and Yves,<br>
>>> There is a recent paper by Janet Werker that may be relevant to your<br>>>> second question about how early should you expose your child to his many<br>>>> languages. In contrast to an earlier response to your post, my reading of<br>
>>> the literature suggests that bilingualism/multilingualism in an of itself is<br>>>> not a risk factor in development. This is echoed by<br>>>> <a href="http://www.lsadc.org/info/pdf_files/Bilingual.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.lsadc.org/info/pdf_files/Bilingual.pdf</a><br>
>>> <a href="http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/pspi_10_3.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.psychologicalscience.org/journals/pspi/pspi_10_3.pdf</a><br>>>> <a href="http://www.psychologicalscience.org/media/releases/2010/werker.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.psychologicalscience.org/media/releases/2010/werker.cfm</a><br>
>>><br>>>> On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:48 AM, Tamar & Yves <<a href="mailto:tamarmr@gmail.com">tamarmr@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>> Hello all,<br>>>>> Our 10 months old son is exposed to 3 languages at home ( each one of<br>
>>>> us is speaking to him his mother- tongue, and we speak English between<br>>>>> us) and to a 4th one outside.<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> Soon he will be starting Nursery, and we were wondering what language<br>
>>>> it should be in. Is it better to expose him simultaneously to all 4<br>>>>> languages or should we do it gradually over the first few years of his<br>>>>> life (It's possible to sign him up to a nursery in my husnband's<br>
>>>> mother tongue (2)/ english (3)/ bi lingual (enviroment+English)(4))<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> We don't want language acquisition to be too much of a burden on him,<br>
>>>> and not sure how many languages he can learn at once.<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> We are aware of the large number of factors affecting the answer, but<br>>>>> does anyone know or refer us to research done on the specific issues<br>
>>>> of (i) number of languages babies can learn and its implication on<br>>>>> their emotional state; and (ii) Is it better to expose a baby to those<br>>>>> languages simultaneously or gradually over the first few years of his<br>
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