Autism: The Neural Bloom

Autism and the range of disorders on the autistic spectrum are perhaps the best known developmental disorders; a quick Google of the term ‘autism’ yields 75 billion results. Around 9 in every 1000 American children fall somewhere on the autistic spectrum, yet there have been on-going debates about what causes autism and who is ‘to blame’ for the development of the disease. Some new research has begun to shed light onto the topic and how autistic brains might be due to an overactive ‘bloom’ of neurons in the developing brain.

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