RAI1 and autism: RAI1 is also associated with neurodevelopmental disorders that are pervasive into adulthood including schizophrenia (Toulouse et al. 2003) and autism (Carmona-Mora and Walz 2010) as well as adult diseases such as Parkinson’s disease (Do et al. 2011) and cerebellar ataxia (Hayes et al. 2000).