The timing of exposure appears crucial, with heightened vulnerability during prenatal development and early childhood when critical neurodevelopmental processes occur.
The research suggests that individuals with genetic predisposition to ASD may be more vulnerable to the harmful effects of air pollution exposure
The implications extend beyond individual health to public policy. How might cities need to adapt their urban planning to protect vulnerable populations? What role could air quality monitoring play in prenatal care?
Actually I don’t see why anything would be done to orevent development of autism, when not much was done for all the already known damage that actual urban development cause
My godson is low to mid functioning and people like the one you’re replying to don’t realize that they’re playing into the hands of people who want to cut help and financial aid for autism as a disability. “It’s not really a disability” is extremely harmful.
But also I think society has done a great harm in hiding the most disabled among us. People hear autism and think some asshole on TV who plays as a savant. They don’t think of the 17-year-old man who can’t use the restroom and can only eat two food types despite years of therapy, who becomes violent if he can’t watch YouTube on demand.
On the flip side, there’s also the people who say that autism is nothing more than a disability that needs to be cured. This is probably what that they were referring to. Both extremes are harmful.
I would appreciate low functioning autism being cured. It is a hellish existence for a lot of people.