is autism a neurodevelopmental disease due to chronic inflammation of the central nervous system (cns)?

Background: autistic spectrum disorders (asd) are still regarded and treated as psychiatric disorders. a lot of research evidence supports the inflammatory basis of asds implicating a new basis for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease. methods: an extended recording of relative literature and new research findings.results: the genetic background of asds is analyzed. the inflammatory molecular basis of autism is emphasized.conclusions: although autism is diagnosed based on psychiatric criteria and treated with mainly antipsychotic drugs, a multidisciplinary approach should be established taking into account new research findings, incorporating them to treatment.