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Message: <blockquote data-quote="imhotep" data-source="post: 26253632" data-attributes="member: 562115">Autism was always there... It's mainly increased because it's diagnosed now. Sadly in SL many cases go undetected and undiagnosed, and no proper autism support groups that creates awareness or support. However, there are a few fb groups now. Parents do need proper advice on how to deal with an autistic kid.More than a year ago, long before Covid I requested from a member who writes on medical facts here in Sinhalese to write on Autism as I thought it was very important. Sadly he probably didn't get time to do so and then Covid arrived.There is no single gene when mutated that causes autism.  But scientists know that there are more than 100 genes that are linked with autism. Out of these about half of them were associated with other developmental delays. It's a complex condition. Also some studies show that the risk factors does get passed from the father, and not from the mother.As [USER=565644]@Honda.putha[/USER]  mentioned boys are more likely to have autism... about 3 to 1. (it was thought to be 4 to 1 before).  In general , people who are XXY (a rare condition with one extra X chromosome) have a much higher chance than who are XY, who in turn have a much higher chance than those with XX.One leading cause of autism is the Fragile X Syndrome.  One in three with this syndrome has autism.</blockquote>

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