Environmental Influences and ASD | Webinar
Date/Time
Wed, Jan 24 2018
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Categories
Speaker: JAmie DeWitt, PhD
Contact: (833) 281-7165
Sponsor: Autism Research Institute
Cost: Free
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Environmental, genetic, and epigenetic factors all play a role in determining the risk of autism and some of these effects appear to be transgenerational. Identification of the most critical windows of developmental vulnerability is paramount to understanding when and under what circumstances a child is at elevated risk for autism. No single environmental factor explains the increased prevalence of autism. While a handful of environmental risk factors have been suggested based on data from human studies and animal research, it is clear that many more, and perhaps the most significant risk factors, remain to be identified.