Autism spectrum disorder (ASD), is a range of complex
neurodevelopment disorders characterized by social impairments,
communication difficulties, and restricted, repetitive, and stereotyped
patterns of behavior.
New research adds to evidence that autism is a brain ‘connectivity’
disorder. Scientists speculate that in autism, wiring may be abnormal
in the areas of the brain involved in social cognition.
(CDC), issued an autism prevalence report. The report, which looked at
a sample of 8 year old’s in 2000 and 2002, concluded that the
prevalence of autism had risen to 1 in every 150 American children, and
almost 1 in 94 boys.
So what’s going on? Who, or what, is to blame for this dramatic increase?
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