Autism Is More Than One Condition, Study of Over 45,000 People Finds

Autism Is More Than One Condition, Study of Over 45,000 People Finds

New research suggests that those diagnosed with autism in late childhood, adolescence, or young adulthood are more likely to have a different type than those diagnosed in early childhood. "We found that, on average, individuals diagnosed with autism earlier and later in life follow different developmental pathways, and surprisingly have different underlying genetic profiles," says lead author and psychiatry PhD student Xinhe Zhang from the Unive…