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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The problem is that "autism" is now too broad, encompassing truly disabled individuals and people who are merely quirky.  The biological basis for these cases is likely quite different.  For classic autism, we know a lot about what is happening in the brain, and changes are detected very early in development, in infancy before social functioning and language development are apparent.  There are changes in the wiring of the brain and faulty pruning of synapses.  Inflammation is hypothesized to contribute developmentally to autism, because the neuroimmune cells of the brain are involved in this synaptic pruning.  If we're talking about environmental drivers of autism, it probably has a lot more to do with the health of the mother during gestation than anything children are exposed to after birth.  [b]Obesity, diabetes, etc in the mother all increase risk[/b].  And we know America is broadly failing where lifestyle and health are concerned.[/quote]

Awesome. As if I didn't feel guilty enough about having a child on the spectrum. Thanks for this.[/quote]

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