Barnesville, Ohio. Barnesville is a village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States. It is located in the central portion of Warren Township in Belmont County and is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,193 at the 2010 census.
Family income, lifestyle and educational levels do not affect the chance of autism's occurrence. Autism is a brain disorder that affects a person's ability to communicate, to reason, and to interact with others. It is a spectrum disorder that affects individuals differently and to varying degrees of severity, and it is often found in combination with other disabilities.
Brain development and autism spectrum disorder. In children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), the brain develops differently from typically developing children: 1  The brain tends to grow too fast during early childhood, especially during the first three years of life.enetic factors seem to play a major part in autism spectrum disorder (ASD). For example, some families have multiple children diagnosed with ASD. Many of these families have higher rates of language and anxiety disorders.