27 March 2014

Does autism start before birth?

"The symptoms of autism may not be obvious until a child is a toddler, but the disorder itself appears to begin well before birth." So begins an article found on NPR this morning about a study that looked at brain tissue taken from children with autism who had died. The tissue had "patches of disorganization in the cortex" that did not show up in brain tissue taken from children without autism.

Want to read the entire article? Please visit: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2014/03/26/294446735/brain-changes-suggest-autism-starts-in-the-womb

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