Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Causes

People who support vaccines cite studies that show vaccines do not cause autism. Large-scale epidemiologic studies in a number of countries, including Finland, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Japan, and the United States, clearly demonstrate... Full Answer

Autism is an increasingly common neurological condition that has no clear cause. In this video, Dr. Oz and Alison Singer open the debate about what causes autism. Full Answer

We do not know all of the causes of ASDs. However, we have learned that there are likely many causes for multiple types of ASDs. There may be many different factors that make a child more likely to have an ASD, including environmental, biologic,... Full Answer

According to the CDC, research does NOT show any link between the type of mercury in vaccines and autism. They also point out that the mercury was taken out of childhood vaccines in 2001 and the rates of autism have continued to climb. For more... Full Answer

There is no prenatal test to determine autism in a fetus in utero; however, as various environmental factors are under research investigation for autism causation, the wise mother will closely monitor what she eats, drinks, breathes, and topically... Full Answer

A common pattern among moms is to wonder what they did wrong: drinking or taking medications during pregnancy, exercising too much, allowing the child to be vaccinated? This guilt add to an already stressful situation. Please don’t feel... Full Answer

Twin and family studies strongly suggest that some people have a genetic predisposition to autism. Identical twin studies show that if one twin is affected, there is a 90 percent chance for the other twin to be affected too. Several studies are in... Full Answer

Very little is known about the risk factors that cause autism. A new study called EARLI is a network of research sites that will enroll and follow 1,200 mothers of children with autism at the start of another pregnancy and document the newborn... Full Answer

A recent study published that was conducted in the Netherlands found more children with autism lived in a high tech IT sector. These findings follow a theory called the "hyper-systemizing" theory of autism. This theory proposes that people with autism... Full Answer

Autism Spectrum Disorder is a neurological disease that presents with severe and pervasive impairments in reciprocal social skills, deficits in language skills, presence of stereotypic behaviors, restricted interests or restricted activities.... Full Answer