The question of etiology in autism remains elusive primarily due to the fact that autism does
not result from a single dysfunction but is multi-faceted in nature. Investigations into etiology
have ranged from identifying abnormalities in the genome to describing structural/functional
brain abnormalities. Bearing in mind the risk of over-simplification, there is still utility in
isolating a specific deficit to examine its etiologic contribution. It is known that individuals
with autism have difficulty processing auditory information at the cortical level but this is not …