Autism: A Very Short Introduction by Uta Frith

Author:Uta Frith [Frith, Uta]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
ISBN: 9780199207565
Amazon: 0199207569
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2008-11-15T00:00:00+00:00

Bigger brains

Only recently has it been proposed that young children with autism may have larger heads than other children. Leo Kanner had noticed this, but this observation had long been ignored. Actually, head size at birth in children with autism is no different from other children. The difference arises later, after the first year of life. Then again, at later ages, measurements to date indicate that head size might decrease again. What does this all mean?

Head size, and presumably brain size is not fixed. It changes during one’s lifetime. There are indications that in early childhood brain size increases much more rapidly in autism than in typically developing children. During this phase the difference between the groups is very large. However, the brain of typically developing children also increases and catches up eventually.

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