Can autism be induced at a biological level?

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Swedish girl who developed all of the major symptoms of autism at the age of 14, following a severe brain infection.

The patient, "A", was born to healthy parents and developed perfectly normally, though she was described as somewhat shy. Just before her 14th birthday, she became ill with what at first seemed to be nothing more than a fever and mild headache. However, a week later, she developed a severe headache and had a seizure. After being rushed to hospital, she was unconscious for a few hours and then awoke, tired but fairly lucid. However, her recovery was only temporary. She also suffered had the herpes simplex virus in her brain.

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What do you make of this? Can autism be induced at a biological level?

looking up stuff on Autism there are 'known' bio-chemical causes,
It would also appear to be a dumping ground based on symptomatic diagnosis and not neurology.

A bit like a diagnosis of back pain with a symptom of 'ouch my back hurts' (which could be a slipped disk, opiate withdrawal, muscle problems, posture related, all manner of other things).

Or partially sighted etc....

I seen some stuff, can't remember exactly. But I know that a lot of the 'symptoms' can be induced with things like magnets that shut off part of the brain.

Though I don't remember being born in a MRI scanner.