Autism research might best be considered a contact sport — as in, researchers would greatly benefit from stepping away from their lab benches long enough to meet and work with people on the spectrum and their families.
Various lines of evidence converge on a role for the immune system in autism.
Take a look back at 2015’s most notable papers, memorable quotes and lessons from other fields.
Our top 10 papers for this year, based on input from autism researchers, capture the full spectrum of findings — from molecular biology to large-scale epidemiology.
Here are some of our favorite quotes, by those who study autism and those who live with it, from articles we published in 2015.
Sounds, smells and social encounters are just a few of the challenges that Leironica Hawkins, an artist on the spectrum, faces every day.
To say this has been a momentous year for the website would be an understatement.
One of autism’s most consistent features is the inconsistency with which it affects the two sexes. For every girl with autism, there are roughly four boys with the condition. Autism is not the only condition to show this bias, but what it has come to mean in society is unfortunate: Girls with autism get little […]
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