人間関係やコミュニケーションに困難を抱える自閉症スペクトラム（ASD）は遺伝的な要因が大きいとされるが、生活環境の変化に強く反応することが、小さな自閉症の魚を使った実験でわかった。また、そうなるメカニズムも解明され、ASDを抱える人たちの ...

Molly Siobhan Parker is on a quest to dispel myths around autism - especially autistic women. She was diagnosed at the age of ...

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In the 1950s, a so-called “refrigerator mother” theory falsely blamed autism on emotionally cold mothers, fueling decades of parental guilt and discrimination. That stigmatizing theory denied children ...