New Gene Studies Suggest There Are Hundreds of Kinds of Autism

"If you’ve seen one kid with autism, you’ve seen one kid with autism," meaning that it’s impossible to draw conclusions by looking at just a few people.

Geoffrey Ondrich and Waylon Cude are both 16 years old. Both boys have autism, and both would rather use their computers than do almost anything else in the world.

But that’s just about all they have in common.

By Sarah DeWeerdt, SFARI

Full Story: http://www.wired.com/2014/11/autism-genetics/