Autism-World

Q:Does anyone know where i can find a punnet square showing the inheritance of autism?

Answer:

The factors that cause autism is not yet fully known. That’s why it’s pictorial symbol is an “unfinished puzzle”.

Until recently [say last 50 years], autism was thought to have generated due to bad parenting and abuse [i.e. external factors]. However, very recently scientific researches in this area are revealing that autism has a genetic component too, among other factors. It’s a neuro-biological disorder and siblings of autistic individual have higher record of developing autism themselves than the normal population [i.e. 1 in 150 versus 1 in 20].

Hence, autism is linked, but *not* limited to genes.

Scientists are still trying to find out other factors that cause autism. So, in a nutshell, autitism is a very complex disorder , the causes of which is still not fully known.

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This entry was posted on Friday, September 14th, 2007 at 8:27 pm and is filed under Ask and answer, What Causes Autism.