In recent years, scientists have made extraordinary advances in understanding the causes of autism, now estimated to afflict 1 in 88 children. But remarkably little of this understanding has percolated into popular awareness, which often remains fixated on vaccines.
So here’s the short of it: At least a subset of autism — perhaps
one-third, and very likely more — looks like a type of inflammatory
disease. And it begins in the womb.
It starts with what scientists call immune dysregulation.
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