Spectrum: Autism Research News

Autism’s “fearless” researcher takes on the big questions.

The drug quells seizures in children with Dravet syndrome or Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

Interventions that moderate a need for ‘sameness’ may prevent anxiety traits.

Women who carry genetic variants tied to autism have an elevated chance of experiencing pregnancy-related events linked to the condition in their children.

The growth differences vary between autistic boys and girls and are most apparent among children with prominent social difficulties.

Therapies that target the circuit could boost social activity, new findings suggest.

The cells’ altered proliferation rates hint at ways to diagnose and potentially treat autism earlier.

Strategies to replace or compensate for mutated copies of the TCF4 gene could lead to treatments for this profound form of autism, a new study suggests.

Scientists have at last filled in the missing gaps — an advance likely to inform every aspect of autism genetics research, Eichler says.

Dozens of rare mutations of unknown effects seen in autistic people cause significant changes to fruit flies, suggesting they are linked to the condition.