| Autism is a disorder that caused extreme behavior | | | | children at a very early age. Others aver that boosters |
| changes in an individual, causing him to exhibit abnormal | | | | containing thimerosal, which has a tiny amount of |
| mannerisms, changing his whole personality and | | | | mercury in it, could also be responsible for bringing on |
| inhibiting his social life. While the symptoms are many | | | | symptoms of autism. |
| and cover a huge range, what at are the actual | | | | But this again has not been substantiated properly, so |
| causes of autism? | | | | nothing can be said yet about the effect of vaccines |
| Autism is an extremely overwhelming condition, | | | | on autism. |
| showing itself up in different ways in different cases, | | | | Paternal age |
| sometimes getting difficult or even impossible to treat, | | | | A research study, which featured in the Archives of |
| frustrating the doctors, patients and his family alike. The | | | | General Psychiatry in the year 2006, showed the |
| whole problem with this medical condition is that it does | | | | relationship of paternal age to incidence of autism in |
| not stem out of any one definite, identifiable cause. | | | | the children. This research revealed that children born |
| The disorder could be arising from abnormalities and/or | | | | to men older than 40 years of age, were a lot more |
| deformities in several areas of the human brain. Some | | | | susceptible autism spectrum disorders than to those |
| scientists and researchers are also of the opinion that | | | | born to men under 30. |
| autism could sometimes be the result of a gene | | | | Though the exact reason for this could not be pointed |
| mutation. | | | | out, these researchers opine that the genetic material |
| Genetic inheritance | | | | of older men had lesser immunity and strength to |
| There is some amount of research evidence to show | | | | withstand disease than that of younger men. This |
| that autism could actually be inherited through the | | | | would then create mutated genes, which would result |
| genes. For instance, one research claims that, if a | | | | in abnormalities such as autism in their children. |
| family has one autistic child, the second has an | | | | Researchers are now in the process of arriving at the |
| alarmingly high one-in-twenty chance of begetting a | | | | exact genes that could be responsible for causing |
| second autistic child. | | | | autism in children. |
| It has been seen sometimes that relatives of autistic | | | | Conclusion |
| children indulge in abnormal, repetitive behavior or have | | | | The human brain is extremely complex. This wonderful, |
| weak communication or other skills. Though no direct | | | | yet complicated 'circuit', so to speak, consists of trillions |
| relation has been shown as substantial evidence of | | | | of neurons connected to an almost infinite number of |
| this aspect, it is generally believed that having an | | | | other nerve cells situated all over the body. This whole |
| autistic member in the family increases the risk of the | | | | process of information transmission being so difficult, it |
| condition affecting the generation to come. | | | | becomes the proverbial needle in the haystack to |
| Inoculation | | | | locate one single cause of autism. |
| Some researchers believe that certain forms of | | | | Nevertheless, scientists continue with their quest to find |
| inoculation could actually bring on autism in a child. | | | | out the exact causes of autism. Hopefully, some |
| Particularly harmful, they claim, are the | | | | breakthrough in research will be able to find out and |
| measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) shots administered to | | | | effectively treat this condition. |