This article from Fit Pregnancy demonstrates the association of autism in infancy during pregnancy likely develops from a combination of factors. “Some cases may primarily have a genetic cause, and others may have a primary environmental cause, but most cases probably result from the interaction of both” (Dr. Wang, 2013). Studies show that expectant parents are doing what they can to lower their child's risk for autism spectrum disorders (ASD), which affect “1 in 68 children” (Dr. Wanga, 2013). The New England Journal of Medicine found differences in the brains of children with autism as early as the second trimester of pregnancy (Dr. Wang, 2013).
Studies show that expectant mothers cannot do much to change genetics, but they can make changes to the environmental exposures by” reducing exposure to air pollution, avoiding toxic chemicals, checking their medication intake, spacing out their pregnancies, using Folic Acid intake, taking care …show more content…
Wapner, 2012). Karyotyping can identify broad abnormalities such as changes in the number of chromosomes or structural aberrations; it is used to diagnose conditions such as Down Syndrome, for example, which results from an extra chromosome (Dr. Wapner, 2012). Microarray testing, which uses the same invasive methods as” karyotyping, by sampling the chorionic villus cells from the placenta, or amniocentesis” (Dr. Wapner, 2012), which extracts cells and fetal DNA from amniotic fluid can do that and more (Dr. Wapner, 2012). A Longitudinal research would be the right fit to discover relationships between variables that are not related to various background variables. This observational research technique would involve the same group of individuals to be studied over an extended period of time and interventions would be implemented accordingly (O’Connor et al.
Studies show that expectant mothers cannot do much to change genetics, but they can make changes to the environmental exposures by” reducing exposure to air pollution, avoiding toxic chemicals, checking their medication intake, spacing out their pregnancies, using Folic Acid intake, taking care …show more content…
Wapner, 2012). Karyotyping can identify broad abnormalities such as changes in the number of chromosomes or structural aberrations; it is used to diagnose conditions such as Down Syndrome, for example, which results from an extra chromosome (Dr. Wapner, 2012). Microarray testing, which uses the same invasive methods as” karyotyping, by sampling the chorionic villus cells from the placenta, or amniocentesis” (Dr. Wapner, 2012), which extracts cells and fetal DNA from amniotic fluid can do that and more (Dr. Wapner, 2012). A Longitudinal research would be the right fit to discover relationships between variables that are not related to various background variables. This observational research technique would involve the same group of individuals to be studied over an extended period of time and interventions would be implemented accordingly (O’Connor et al.