According to Autism Speaks, more than 2 million people have autism spectrum disorder and one in 59 of those people are children.

孤独症之声表示，自闭症谱系障碍患者超过两百万人，其中每59名患者中就有一个是孩子。

Autism Spectrum Disorder, or ASD, affects how people communicate with and relate to others.

自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)影响人们如何与他人交流和联系。

Most such children come from families with at least two other youngsters who have an autism spectrum disorder.

大多数这样的孩子来自于至少有其他两个有自闭症症状孩子的家庭。

Autism spectrum disorder has attracted intense interest from the public and scientists over recent years.

近年来，自闭症障碍吸引了公众和众多科学家的密切关注。

A simple checklist for behavioral signs and symptoms is all that is used by specialists to diagnose a child with an autism spectrum disorder.

依据一个简单的关于婴儿行为信号及行为表现的清单，专家可以对于儿童是否患有家族性的自闭综合失调症（ASD）进行诊断。

Thus, while genes play an important role in autism spectrum disorder, it looks as if they are less important than previous studies have suggested.

因此，虽然基因在泛自闭症障碍中起了重要作用，但是似乎比以前研究表明的重要性要小。

Emerging research shows that social function in people with autism spectrum disorder improves as they get older, which leads them to later marriage and older first-time parenthood.

最新的研究表明随着年龄的增长，有泛自闭症障碍的人的社交能力会逐步提高，因而导致他们晚婚晚育。

Dr Raynard Kington, of the US National Institutes of Health, which funded the research, said: These findings establish that genetic factors play a strong role in autism spectrum disorder (ASD).

这是一项由美国国家健康研究院（NIH）资助的研究。 该研究院的Raynard Kington博士说，‘这些结果表明，遗传因素在孤独症谱系障碍中起着重要的作用。