Opinion: Genetic research provides new clarity about the “whys” of autism

It was an appropriately hazy afternoon on the day my son Dylan, age two years, seven months, and sixteen days, was diagnosed with autism. The doctor was empathetic but serious when she said that he showed “symptoms consistent with an autism spectrum diagnosis.”

And, she added, Dylan will need 40 hours a week of intensive, one-on-one educational therapy for at least several years.

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