Author: Trisha Leigh Zeigenhorn / Source: did you know?
In the grand scheme of things, autism is a relatively new disease – not that people never had it before now, but that it wasn’t diagnosed until recently – and doctors and scientists are still working on understanding how autistic people function differently and why.
A new study that finds their nerve cells develop faster and grow larger will surely add to the growing pool of research that furthers our understanding and ability to help people with autism learn to cope in a world not built to accommodate them.
Autism Spectrum Disorder impacts how people communicate and interpret the feelings and behaviors of others, as well as how they experience the world around them. It’s most often diagnosed in children and is more common in boys than in girls – one in every 59 kids in the U.S. are affected. As of now, there is no known cause, though scientists believe both genetics and a brain’s hyperconnectivity play a role.
Simon Schafer, a postdoctoral fellow at the Salk Institute, where the study was conducted, expanded on their findings in a statement:
“It’s currently hypothesized that abnormalities in early brain development lead to autism, but the transition from a normally…
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