We need to stop playing blame game over having autistic children

WHY WAS this research published? — I thought as I read the new study by UCC academics finding a link between C section and autism. It doesn’t prove anything.

We need to stop playing blame game over having autistic children

While the research team found that babies born by Caesarian have are 23% more likely to develop autism they also point out that they don’t know whether autism is caused by C section or whether babies with autism are just more likely to be born by C section.

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