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Various news items

http://www.babycenter.com/204_aspergers-syndrome-tied-to-low -cortisol-levels_10311237.bc - study shows that Asperger kids don't have the normal burst of cortisol hormone when they wake up in the morning.

http://www.babycenter.com/204_pregnancy-bereavement-doesnt-r aise-autism-risk_10311324.bc - stress in pregnancy as a cause of autism?  At least not if you measure stress as losing a loved one right before or during pregnancy.  Danish study involving 37,000 mothers in that situation.

http://www.babycenter.com/204_autism-slowly-being-recognized -in-china_10311245.bc - autism in China.  The one-child policy makes it harder to discover autism -- no NT siblings to compare to.

http://www.babycenter.com/204_officials-probe-autism-rates-a mong-young-somalis-in-minneapo_10311233.bc  - unusual prevalence among Somalis in Minnesota.  The same has been noticed in Sweden, btw.

 

 
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