Exploring Autism

Exploring Autism Autism is a developmental disorder of the brain that closely resembles dyslexia, mental retardation, or attention deficit disorder. Autism is not a type of mental retardation Many autistic people seem to have mental retardation, but they tend to be smart. Today, about 10,000 people in the United States have about 15 people and about 400,000 people suffer from some form of autism (Dowdy). The term autism may actually refer to several similar disorders including autism, Asperger's syndrome, and "atypical" autism.

EARLI aims to explore why autism is prevalent in families by taking care of newborns after studying pregnant women with autism. If you have autism in your newborn baby, you can identify potential risk factors by exam design. Researchers gathered biological specimens from their parents, evaluated the children in the clinic at key developmental points, and visited the house to collect dust for chemical analysis. We also examined parents in detail, focusing on mother's meals, daily life, and the use of pesticides and other potentially harmful products at home. In the 2015 paper, this project combined the epigenetic change of father's sperm with the risk of pediatric autism. The authors found a similar change in brain tissue after death in autistic patients suggesting that this epigenetic factor may play a role in the child's brain.

Diagnosis of autism and increased frequency of parental attention urged researchers to explore the cause of autism. The current theory thinks that it is a genetic disease. For example, in twin studies, we know that if the same twin is diagnosed with autism, the probability that these twins will be diagnosed will be as high as 90%. Researchers are still looking for other potential contributors and possible treatments. Many concerns about the relationship between vaccines and autism arise from studies withdrawn from 12 children of Andrew Wakefield published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Lancet. His study found that children began to show signs of stunning immediately after receiving the MMR vaccine. Even though he can not find a clear scientific relationship between MMR and autism, Wakefield says that he should not use MMR vaccine.