Spectrum News published a great article on March 29th called “Rare Autism Mutations Linked to Distinct Sets of Features”, by Nicholette Zeliadt.  The article includes an interview with our own Dr. Raphe Bernier!

Data from the Simons Simplex Collection (SSC) was examined, including measures of autism features, cognitive, language and motor skills.  The children included had lower cognitive abilities and more severe autism features than other children from the SSC not included in this data sample.  Results indicate that children with de novo mutations have an approximately 2-month delay in walking than children without these mutations, but have better language and less severe social difficulties.

Follow this link for the full article: https://spectrumnews.org/news/rare-autism-mutations-linked-distinct-sets-features/