Tentative, quite tentative, findings indicate that of autism genes known so far (and we can't stress that enough), they play little role in brain functioning, but DO play more of a role in brain development.
That said, some of the same research indicates that what role they play in functioning is in part related to glutamate.
That said, between this and other factors showing both parents can have a genetic influence on autism, that parental age at child birth is a factor (old, decaying stem-cell genetic material) and related things, it does seem clear that we're still a long way from more in the way of answers.
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