... there is a lot of evidence that children born of parents in the late 30's and 40's have a higher likelihood of developing autism. DR. DAVID AMARAL: We're trying to chart the course of the -- of brain development in autism. And what we've found is that ...
... time. We've known about air pollution. This isn't new. Well, that's true. I don't think all the factors that contribute to autism have to be rising. Because if autism has been with us and we haven't been detecting all of the cases there's likely ...
... public schools. People are moving children more into the public domain. And that accounts for some increase. But we are also much better at diagnosing autism. Every year we develop new tools and we understand autism particularly at the borders, the children who have the mildest cases, the children who ...
DR. RICHARD GRINKER: So the question is, whether people are right in-- believing that autism is increasing. And I guess the only way I can answer that question is to say that more and more people are being diagnosed with autism than ever before. And that I can say ...
they get what they want and you don't. ROBERT MACNEIL: Well, one of the things about life is that we all learn we have to do things we don't want to do, whether there's autism around or not. NEELY: Yes, but it seems like it happens too ...
Below is an extended transcript excerpt from the Autism Now series, edited for length, relevance and clarity, with Dr. Timothy Buie, associate in pediatrics at Massachusetts General Hospital, who examined Robert MacNeil's grandson, Nick, for gastrointestinal problems, and appeared in the first report in the series.
... to the numbers, there is a saying among those who know autism well: "When you've seen one child with autism, you've seen one child with autism." The prevalence of autism is intimately linked to what causes autism, and that's our subject tomorrow night: the causes of autism.
... JIM LEHRER: Finally tonight, some advance words on the special series of reports on autism that will start Monday here on the NewsHour. The correspondent is a very familiar one: Robert MacNeil, reporting for us for the first time in over a decade. His six stories, called Autism Now ...
... Autism 101 | A breakdown of the basics and a list of useful resources. Autism Costs | A look how families often struggle with the costs of autism, and how care and costs can vary depending on where you live. Autism's First Child | A new look at Caren Zucker and John ...
Editor's Note: As part of the upcoming Autism Now series, we asked series producer Caren Zucker to re-introduce us to the story of Donald -- the first person ever diagnosed with autism -- which she wrote about with her colleague John Donvan in the October Atlantic magazine. "Autism's First ...
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