Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report

Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report


What is the point of genetic testing?

October 19, 2020

If only 10% of people with ASD have a known genetic mutation associated with autism, what is the point? Why bother? This week we discuss why it is important for that 10%, what the benefits are, and how genetic testing may help the other 90% as well.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929720301130

https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/146/4/e20193211

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2869000/