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Do a high percent of Amish and Quakers and Hutterites have autism?
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∙ 13y ago
Any isolated genepool will, insofar as its opportunities for hybridization are limited, exhibit nonstandard percentiles for uncommon defects. [THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE "INFERIOR" AS A GROUP.] Whether this will be the case for specific genetic disorders is another question; it depends almost entirely on the inheritance of the individuals from whom the particular group originated. For instance, the set of persons descended from shtetel-dwelling eastern European Jews (Ashkenazim) show a statistically significant occurrence of Tey-Sachs Syndrome, but the Amish do not. Western European royal families (who for many centuries intermarried narrowly) have a high instance of hemophilia, but the Ashkenazim do not. So, whether the Amish have higher rates of autism-spectrum disorders will depend on whether their founding fathers/mothers had the recessive gene therefor, such that its expression as a double-recessive trait becomes more likely with each generation. As to whether the Amish do in fact have such a "recessive pool" for autism in particular...I don't know.
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What are the differences between Hutt rights from Amish?
Dumbo it's "Hutterites" and the difference is, Hutterites are open to modern technology while the Amish shun it. The Hutterites believe in an undivided way of life, such as what's mine is yours and what's yours is mine. The Amish are more on the independent side
What category are the Quakers under?
Quakers fall under the category of Amish.
Do women who are Amish Quaker or Hutterites use rags every month?
To my knowledge all plain communites with the exception of the strict Schwartzentruber sect of the Amish allow the use of tampons and pads.
Do Quakers use electricity?
no they don't Amish don't either
Is the quakes and the Amish the same?
No. The Society of Friends (Quakers) area peace church, same as the Amish, but they don't emphasize Romans 12:2 as the Amish do.
Was it unusual if you where a Quaker to be a teacher?
No. There are many Quakers who are teachers. Quakers and Amish are two very different religious groups.
Do a large number of people with Asperger's Syndrome join the Amish or Quakers?
No.
List of american religions that dress in 1800 clothing?
Some American religion that dress in 1800s clothing include Mennonite, Amish, and Hutterites.
What percent of Amish live on farms?
99 percent
Are the Amish considered christians?
Yes, the Armish are a Christian group. However, they shun modern society and modern living, and take the Bible literally. Despite their peaceful nature, Armish have been criticised reecently by many in the mainstream Church worldwide for their hard-line and unforgiving approach to those who transgress the rules of the Armish life.
How many autistic Amish are there?
Autism is a spectrum. It's like asking "How many restaurants serve coffee that isn't hot?" A TSS who worked with autistic children in Lancaster County got upset when that Washington newspaper asserted that autism was unknown among the Amish. It's not. It is diagnosed less often, she admitted,but that's because, in her opinion, the Amish lifestyle is less stressful for kids. Many autistic kids are terribly upset by loud and busy environments. There's also a financial inventive for schools to get an autism diagnoses for kids that, in Amish schools, are simply considered, "all boy." It's probably as common in the Amish as in English populations.
Is armish is a religion?
do you mean amish? Because that is a religion. They're like Quakers, they believe in a simple lifestyle.
