This month’s newsletter highlights findings on the use of three medication types during pregnancy.

Having an infection during pregnancy is tied to a small increase in the chances of having an autistic child, but the connection may not be causal.

A massive update to the MSSNG dataset gives qualified researchers ready access to explore autism’s genetic architecture on a cloud-based platform.

This week, Twitter provided a discussion about autism biomarkers, a survey revealing language preferences, and a peek inside the octopus brain.

The approach could help test hypotheses about how atypical function of the brain’s immune cells contributes to autism.

The in-depth approach shows mutations in the autism-linked gene disrupt neuronal growth and communication, as well as mitochondrial gene expression.

Early-career researchers talk about the challenges around taking time off, and a new study shows that young scientists tend to be more innovative than their older colleagues.

High rates of autism are linked to lower socioeconomic status and minority ethnic groups, according to the largest-ever autism incidence study.

Faulty mTOR signaling, implicated in syndromic forms of autism, also hinders cells grown from people with idiopathic autism or autism-linked deletions on chromosome 16.

Three threads on autism-related research snared the attention of neuroscientists on Twitter this week.