Do some children seem to be autistic from the time they are babies, while others develop normally and then lose skills? Is autism “innate” in some children and “regressive” in others—-are some children born with autism (suggesting that autism is genetic) while others become autistic (due, it is thought, to some “trigger” such as a vaccine or other environmental agent)?
In the most recent Autism Omnibus trial, the notion of “regressive autism” and even of something called “clearly regressive autism” has been key. “Clearly regressive autism” is described in an expert report by Dr. Sander Greenland, a professor of epidemiology at …read more