In this episode of “Spectrum Stories,” Jacob Brogan talks to researchers who worry that families are spending large amounts of money on an unproven therapy for autism.

Many parents with children on the spectrum enroll their newborns in research — to advance the field and to bring benefits to families such as theirs.

One day, you have a toddler who’s vocal, who looks you in the eye, who literally reaches out to you. And then everything changes.

We know that genes play a role in the condition; however, finding genes, and then knowing what they do is a challenge.

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