Why autism symptoms can ease during a fever — and how to mimic it

Parents and caregivers have long reported that when some autistic people run a fever from an infection, their autism-related symptoms ease for a while. MIT and Harvard Medical School researchers, backed by $2.1 million in grants from the Marcus Foundation, want to work out the biology behind this "fever effect" and eventually mimic it as a therapy. — Read the rest The post Why autism symptoms can ease during a fever — and how to mimic it appeared first on Boing Boing.