New Study Emphasizes Environmental Factors in Cause of Autism

Posted by on Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

A new study is finally shifting the official discussion of the cause of autism from mainly heredity to a combination of genetic and environmental influences.  Researchers examined 192 pairs of identical and fraternal twins whose cases were drawn from California databases. At least one twin in each pair had classic autism and in many cases, [...]

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  • * In 1970, Autism affected 1 out of 10,000 children
  • * Autism now affects 1 out of 88 children
  • * Autism affects 1 in 54 boys
  • * 1.7 million Americans have some form of autism
  • * 4 out of 5 autistic children are boys

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