Autism Symptoms

• Here’s how much genetics plays in a role in autism

  While scientists are still discovering more about autism spectrum disorder, new research in the field suggests that genes may explain most of the risk of an ASD diagnosis – to the tune of 83 per cent.

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  Sep 28, 2017
  
• This ‘social ABCs’ program aims to give autistic children their voice

  Thanks to an innovative program being studied at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto, children with autism are finding their voice.

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  Aug 3, 2017
  
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• World Autism Awareness Day: 5 things you didn’t know about autism

  April 2 marks World Autism Awareness Day. Doctors are still learning more about the disorder, what it causes and how to treat it. Here are five things you need to know.

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  Apr 2, 2017
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• Scientists say they’ve figured out a way to detect autism before symptoms appear

  Brain scans taken of children as young as six months old can be used to spot autism, a new study published in Nature says.

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  Feb 16, 2017
• Lacking a single protein may be the cause of 1 in 3 autism cases: Canadian research

  Canadian doctors say that a scarcity of a single protein in the brain may be what’s to blame for up to a third of autism cases.

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  Dec 16, 2016
• ‘This is not a cry for pity’: Non-speaking teen writes profound letter explaining autism

  He couldn’t speak and he couldn’t respond. For the first 15 years of his life, Gordy Baylinson’s parents thought their son didn’t understand what they were saying to him.

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  May 22, 2016