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Clinicians need to be able to distinguish autism from post-traumatic stress disorder so they can provide the right support.

‘Registered reports’ — a type of paper in which experimental protocols are reviewed before the study begins — may make neuroscience studies more rigorous and reproducible.

Autistic people with a minority sexual orientation or gender identity face specific challenges, from having their self-assessments dismissed to difficulties advocating for their gender needs.

Robots may one day help therapists analyze behaviors and devise personalized sessions for autistic children.

Austria must train more autism specialists, expand its research funding and build more centers for autism diagnosis and treatment.

The best way to deliver surprises from genetic findings is to provide adequate information and counseling alongside the results.

It is not a matter of whether there will be clinical trials of genetic therapy for Angelman syndrome, but when.

Mapping the effects of autism mutations on mouse brain circuits may reveal subtypes of the condition in people.

Theory of mind difficulties are likely to be more central to autism than to attention deficit hyperactive disorder, whereas executive function problems are more often associated with the latter.

Autism researchers must attend to the need for sex and gender diversity in study design as a rule rather than as an exception.