Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report

Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report


Contemplating “syndromic autism”

October 22, 2023

The words “syndromic autism” have been used to describe individuals with autism who also have a rare genetic mutation. Is it time to change those words to something else? Scientists and clinicians Drs. Jacob Vorstman and Steve Scherer from the University of Toronto share recent data in understanding autism, the role of genetic testing in autism in predicting and treating other conditions that someone with autism may have, and why the words “syndromic autism” may need to be updated to describe a subgroup of autism.



https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37330697/



Below is the Figure 1 that Dr. Scherer refers to: