Spectrum: Autism Research News

The gene, YTHDF2, may be one of several that contribute to an autism subtype marked by an unusually big brain.

Even the best data practices and technology drop key variants in attempts to predict autism likelihood.

The sex-specific effects may help elucidate why the small number of boys with DDX3X syndrome are born to unaffected mothers.

In this edition, a diagnostic measure shows no significant differences between sexes, and a survey confirms increased gender diversity among children with autism.

Genetics research has largely failed to generate concrete benefits for autistic people, and its values and goals are due for reassessment, Tabor says.

A new study is the first to link social, repetitive and motor behaviors to mutations in BMAL1, which regulates the body’s circadian rhythms.

Among the millions displaced by the war in Ukraine are children and adults with autism. Many autism professionals are doing what they can to help.

The temporary organ may hold clues about the origins of autism and brain development, Anna Penn says — if only researchers would study it.

In this edition, a strategy to help autistic children adapt their skills to new situations shows no benefit, but an early-life autism biomarker does.

Overexpressing genes involved in the pathway, which regulates protein quality, changes repetitive behaviors in the animals.