In this episode of “Spectrum Stories,” host Jacob Brogan explains how speech — from its rhythm to its emotional content — can differ in people with autism, making social communication difficult.

Scientists discuss the problems with using mice to study autism, and explain how the field might move forward.

In this episode, host Jacob Brogan explores how and why some women try to hide their autism. There are benefits to keeping the condition concealed, but this camouflaging comes with psychological costs.

In this episode, host Jacob Brogan talks to autism researchers and families with children on the spectrum in France and Ethiopia. However different the two countries may be, advocates in both places are working to overturn outdated beliefs about autism that blame parents and block access to evidence-backed services and treatment.

Scientists are trying to understand why people with autism so often have trouble sleeping, and how to help them.

In this episode of “Spectrum Stories,” host Jacob Brogan talks to clinicians about why anxiety is so common — but can be so hard to spot — in people with autism.

In this episode of “Spectrum Stories,” Jacob Brogan talks to researchers who worry that families are spending large amounts of money on an unproven therapy for autism.

Many parents with children on the spectrum enroll their newborns in research — to advance the field and to bring benefits to families such as theirs.

One day, you have a toddler who’s vocal, who looks you in the eye, who literally reaches out to you. And then everything changes.

We know that genes play a role in the condition; however, finding genes, and then knowing what they do is a challenge.