For years, we’ve thought of autism as lying on a spectrum, but emerging evidence suggests that it comes in several distinct types. The implications for how we support autistic people could be profound
By Michael Marshall
5 January 2026
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Research Finds Vaccines Are Not Behind the Rise in Autism. So What Is? – The New York Times
December 31, 2024Immune Disorders and Autism – NYTimes.com
June 19, 2017QT:{{”
“For people, a drug that’s safe for use during pregnancy may help. A probiotic, many of which have anti-inflammatory properties, may also be of benefit. Not coincidentally, asthma researchers are arriving at similar conclusions; prevention of the lung disease will begin with the pregnant woman. Dr. Parker has more radical ideas: pre-emptive restoration of “domesticated” parasites in everybody — worms developed solely for the purpose of correcting the wayward, postmodern immune system.
Practically speaking, this seems beyond improbable. And yet, a trial is under way at the Montefiore Medical Center and the Albert Einstein College of Medicine testing a medicalized parasite called Trichuris suis in autistic adults.
First used medically to treat inflammatory bowel disease, the whipworm, which is native to pigs, has anecdotally shown benefit in autistic children.
And really, if you spend enough time wading through the science, Dr. Parker’s idea — an ecosystem restoration project, essentially — not only fails to seem outrageous, but also seems inevitable.”
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Multiplex Targeted Sequencing Identifies Recurrently Mutated Genes in Autism Spectrum Disorders
April 9, 2013Many denovo mutations in autism but few recurrant ones.
“Here they examined over 2000 probands and found only a handful of recurrent mutations…. Also In this article they mention a beta catenin-chromatin remodelling network that seems to encompass a majority of these genes”
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