Tag: "causes of autism"

Producer's Notes: Autism: Searching for Causes

Producer's Notes: Autism: Searching for Causes

It's challenging to report on an illness such as autism, which scientists and doctors are only beginning to understand (the disease was described in the 1940s) and over which there is so much debate. There is even disagreement around the question of whether or not there has been a real increase in the number of children being diagnosed with autism in California.