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created to provide general information about the genetics of autism. This site does not
provide medical advice concerning autism. For specific medical advice about autism,
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Since Dr. Leo Kanner first formally described autism more than a half-century ago, researchers
have made impressive progress in our knowledge about this disorder. Today, researchers
are focusing on a new frontier — identifying the genetic basis of autism. As
research teams around the globe seek to understand the genetic contribution to autism,
families and researchers are hopeful that effective treatments will be developed for
autism and its related disorders.
This website is dedicated to helping families who are living with the challenges
of autism stay informed about the exciting breakthroughs involving the genetics of autism.
As new genetic research findings are reported for autistic disorder we will report and
explain these findings. We will explain genetic principles as they relate to autism, provide
you with the latest research news, and seek your input as together we work to increase the
body of knowledge about autism.
The Exploring Autism website is the collaborative effort of Autism Genetics Cooperative,
a group of researchers and clinicians working with the help of families with children affected
by autism to find the genetic causes of autism. (See About Us for a
listing of these participating institutions.) This web site is underwritten by the National Alliance for Autism Research, the
first nonprofit organization in the U.S. dedicated to funding and accelerating research into
the causes, prevention, treatment and cure of autism spectrum disorders |
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STUDY: AUTISM RISE FROM LABELING, NOT EPIDEMIC
A rise in autism cases is not evidence of a feared epidemic but reflects that schools are diagnosing autism more frequently, a study said Monday. More ...
SCANS SHOW DIFFERENT GROWTH FOR INTELLIGENT BRAINS
The brains of highly intelligent children develop in a different pattern from those with more average abilities, researchers have found after analyzing a series of imaging scans collected over 17 years. More ...
RESEARCHERS: INFANTS BEGIN LEARNING LANGUAGE AS EARLY AS 10 MONTHS
Infants are listening and learning their first words as young as 10 months, but they are only learning the words for objects that are of interest to them, not for objects of interest to the speaker, according to researchers at Temple University, University of Delaware and University of Evansville. More ...
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