Brain clue may explain autism 'hug avoidance'

I thought this was already widely accepted as simply a control issue?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hug_machine http://www.grandin.com/inc/squeeze.html

Just because something is widely accepted does not make it true.

This is a theory, by definition it is "widely accepted" until falsified or until a "better" theory is proposed.

This story also referenced http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1119814. This seems to be the source, although not referenced in TFA.

I would be the first to cheer if I thought some actual progress were being made with research, but this seems misleading. Fragile X syndrome is not autism, and autism is poorly defined to start with.

Why don't we just ask Carly Fleischmann?

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=4311223&page=1