Possible Theories on the Causes of Autism

Autism is a term that refers to a variety ofRecent research has linked chromosomes with autism,
neurological developmental issues, and that affectsand they may be guilty of something because in many
certain areas of the brain, the ones that areother affections of the brain, like the down syndrome,
responsible for the language skills, the interaction withchromosome anomalies are the cause. But if you
others, and many more, depending on each individual.compare the genes of an autistic with the genes of a
People that suffer from autism are acting differentlynormal person you aren't going to see any difference,
from each other, and because we know so little aboutso it can't be said that a certain gene or chromosome
the brain and the way it works it's hard to understandis guilty.
what causes this affection or what is the best methodA large number of scientists also believe that some
of treating it.children are born with some anomalies and
Most of the doctors are convinced that the causes ofpredispositions in their genes, and these combined with
autism are genetic and are located in the brain only,several environmental factors cause autism to appear.
because many tests were performed on autisticProbably not a single gene is not normal, but more of
persons, and their organisms are identical to thethem are slightly different and when the environmental
organisms of normal persons, so everything that hasfactors appear too, a 'button' is pushed and the
to do with this condition is in the brain.disability appears.
In the beginning, when autism was first discovered inOther theories suggest that a severe emotional
1943 and there were very few cases that could betrauma may affect the brain so much that the victim
studied, people thought that autism was caused bywithdraws from society and other people.
parents who raised their children wrong, did not showUntil the future comes and medical science evolves to
them love and treated them bad, but this conceptionthe point where the causes of autism are certain, we
was proved to be wrong soon. However, nobodycan only suppose why it appears. Unfortunately,
discovered a certain cause of autism until this day, sobecause we don't know the causes we also don't
the reason why autistic persons are different isknow how it can be cured. For now, we can only
unknown. There are some theories about what couldhope, and help the autisics as much as we can.
be causing the disorder but nothing is certain.