What exactly causes autism?

[Anonymous]

Is it mercury? Is it vaccines? Do vaccines just speed up the process?

[NearlyNapping]

It's probably a genetic abnormality. In other words a mutation. Wait another ten years and they'll probably have it figured out. There is a heck of a lot of progress in that area.

There are multiple types of autism, which are not even known if they are truly related. For example Rett Syndrome. There has been genetic manipulation that has actually reversed it (not just cured, but actually reversed the previous damage).

[serp777]

vaccines are what retarded people think causes autism. Autism is an ailment that is the result of complex genetic and environmental factor

[Henrieke]

I'm pretty sure it's more like a genetic thing.
With me it is anyways, although it's not really the autism that runs in the family it's multiple disorders, a lot of my cousins have something like Aspergers and ADD but I seem to be the only one diagnosed with an actual form of autism.
Not sure how it works exactly but it's not vaccines that's just bullshit.

[kaylaS91]

Autism is a developmental disorder caused by nothing in particular. It being caused by vaccines or certain chemicals is a myth. There's really no way which things of that sort could result in autism, a disorder where symptoms like delayed cognitive/social/speech development occur.