Low birth weight and Autism may be related

A clue to the development of Autism has emerged, as a new study suggest that babies born weighing less than 4lb (1.8kg) might be more likely to develop autism than children born at normal weight.

To establish the link, US researchers studied 862 children born at a low birth-weight from birth to the age of 21, and it transpired that about 5 percent of them were later diagnosed with autism. Only one percent of the individual weighing in at the normal birth weight turned out to develop the condition.  

While the study to hold enough of a clue, experts agree that further research is needed to confirm the link, and unravel what’s behind it.