Dr. M’s Women and Children First Podcast #101: Sandy Newmark, MD; Elisa Song, MD; Leslie Stone, MD – Autism Etiology?

Today’s conversation takes us upstream—to the source—of one of the most pressing and emotionally charged topics in modern pediatrics: the rise in autism spectrum disorders. Autism rates have continued to climb in 2025, but what if much of what we call “the epidemic” isn’t simply genetics or better diagnosis, but a reflection of deeper biological, environmental, and developmental changes affecting…