“It’s many, many things under one umbrella.”Although people diagnosed with autism often have similar strengths and challenges, “there are many paths to autism and many presentations of autism,” Miller said.
Scientists have identified more than 100 genes related to autism, Miller said, and genes are believed to play a role in 60% to 80% of cases.
“We’re making leaps and bounds about known genetic causes of autism.”Yet genes clearly don’t explain every case of autism.
But only a fraction of children with the genetic mutation actually develop autism, Miller said.
He notes that only 8.4% of the $419 million spent on autism research in the United States is devoted to support and services for people with autism.
Persons:
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Organizations:
Department of Health, Human Services, World Health Organization, Network, Harvard, of Public Health, University of Alberta’s Health Law Institute, Center for Autism Research, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Icahn School of Medicine, Autism, UCLA, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Autism Clinical, Washington University School of Medicine
Locations:
British, United Kingdom, Chan, Canada, “, Mount Sinai, New York, United States