Fever can cause autism to temporarily diminish

In an interesting report published today, it was found that a fever can temporarily relieve autistic kids of their condition by restoring nerve cell communications in regions of the brain affected by autism.

This sound like a study that will have quite a bit of follow-up. Understanding why a fever's effect on the brain causes for a momentary withdraw of autism symptoms could lead to future treatments for this condition that is either increasing in numbers or is increasing in diagnosis.

This quote says it all: "The results of this study are important because they show us that the autistic brain is plastic, or capable of altering current connections and forming new ones in response to different experiences or conditions."