Educational Psychology / Unit 8 EDP 0737 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Causes of Autism
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The idea
Autism has strong genetic influence, shown by twin concordance, and research finds that vaccines are not related to the risk of developing it.
In practice
Identical twins are far more likely than fraternal twins both to be autistic.
Where people slip
The vaccine question is settled by research, not open, and a teacher should say so plainly.
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