Teasing Nature Vs Nurture The Case Of Autism - 901 Words

Homework 1 Teasing nature versus nurture effects: The case of Autism Autism, what is autism? What are the causes and if its nature or nurture based? I am here to shed light on Autism. According to Autismspeaks.org, â€Å"Autism is known as a complex disorder of brain development. These disorders are characterized into different degrees by difficulties in social interaction, verbal and non-verbal communication and repetitive behaviors†. Autism appears to emerge with in 2 to 3 years of age. According to klass, â€Å"Recent research has taught us more about the complexity of the genetics of autism, but the evidence also has suggested an important role for environmental exposures. It has become a very complicated picture: Genes matter, but we usually can’t tell how. Environmental exposures matter, but we usually don’t know which† (Klass 2011). This means causes of autism could be nature base or nurture base. What is nature base vs nurture base? The answer to this question is autism could be nature base because of his/her heret ics and genetics, means born with autism or autism runs in the family like slow growth of motor skill in individual or abnormal size of brain. Nurture base is environmental means how life can alter the individual expressions like inability to recognize social cues or interest in people. â€Å"The causal links most strongly supported by research include rubella infection during pregnancy and prenatal exposure to medications like thalidomide and Valproic acid, an