Accounts Quote by Thomas R. Insel

Genes are thought to contribute a certain amount to the cause of autism but it's not 100 per cent. It might be about 60…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

The position of Autism Speaks has been for quite awhile that we need to find out what's happening. We know there's a genetic component,…

— Elizabeth Emken

I'm not a doctor or scientist. I'm just a mom. But I do think there's a genetic predisposition, and there are environmental triggers. I…

— Holly Robinson Peete

The genetics of autism are real, but there are also environmental triggers.

— Elizabeth Emken

Im not a doctor or scientist. Im just a mom. But I do think theres a genetic predisposition, and there are environmental triggers. I…

— Holly Robinson Peete

In autism there is just genes in part more or less of a probability that you will have the disorder, and that is where…

— Gerald Fischbach

I strongly believe as a mother, as does my husband, that there are certain contributing factors that lead to autism and some of it…

— Kelly Preston

The idea that vaccines are a primary cause of autism is not as crackpot as some might wish. Autism's 60-fold rise in 30 years…

— Jenny McCarthy

Autism currently affects one in 88 children in the U.S., and its prevalence continues to rise. That's why it's important to help organizations like…

— Adrienne Bailon

Everyone recognises that genes are part of the story but autism isn't 100% genetic. Even if you have identical twins who share all their…

— Simon Baron-Cohen

From a scientific standpoint, Aspergers and autism are one syndrome. Aspergers is part of the autism spectrum, not a separate disorder.

— Temple Grandin

What makes autism different is the history of neglect into the disorder. It's remained such a mystery that science has been very slow to…

— Elizabeth Emken