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More than 60 years after autism was first described by American psychiatrist Leo Kanner, there are still more questions than answers about this complex disorder. Its causes are still uncertain, as are the reasons for the rapidly rising incidence of autism in the U.S., Japan, England, Denmark and France. But...
Indeed, most researchers believe autism arises from a combination of genetic vulnerabilities and environmental triggers. An identical twin of a child with autism has a 60% to 90% chance of also being affected. And there's little doubt that a vulnerability to ASD runs in some families: the sibling of...
AUTISM FROM THE INSIDE In the meantime, 300,000 school-age American children and many adults are attempting to get through daily life with autism. The world has tended to hear from those who are highest functioning, like Temple Grandin, the author and Colorado State University professor of livestock behavior...
TIME How have rising energy costs affected AMD's product design?
Because she has no relatives in this country, Oksana turned to those of Scott, Chloe's father. "We didn't have much of a relationship," says Scott's mother Deb, who doesn't want her last name used either. "I was very angry about the drug stuff. It affected a...