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Temple Grandin

Autism is a neurological disorder. It's not caused by bad parenting. It's caused by, you know, abnormal development in the brain. The emotional circuits in the brain are abnormal. And there also are differences in the white matter, which is the brain's co

Temple Grandin

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Autism results from unusual brain development, particularly affecting the emotional areas and the brain's white matter, rather than being a consequence of how a child is raised. This means that parenting style does not cause autism, as it is rooted in neurological differences.

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