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Autism caused mostly by genetics, according to study
Author(s) -
Sutton Halley
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
disability compliance for higher education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-8001
pISSN - 1086-1335
DOI - 10.1002/dhe.30707
Subject(s) - autism , association (psychology) , psychiatry , psychology , psychotherapist
More than 80% of an individual's risk for developing autism comes from genetic makeup, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association: Psychiatry . Researchers looked at data from more than 2 million people born between 1998 and 2011 in five countries for the largest study of its kind on the development of autism. The five countries where subjects were studied were Israel, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, and Australia.