This month’s issue of the Null and Noteworthy newsletter breaks down some negative results involving prenatal exposures, an experimental treatment for Angelman syndrome, and the role that age at autism diagnosis plays in subsequent outcomes, and more.

Triplett gained media attention for his autism later in life, and he became the face of the effort to research the lives of older adults with autism.

The finding underscores a need for adult autism diagnostic services.

Changes to the DSM-5’s diagnostic criteria for autism were meant to add clarity, but they also generated new questions.

Autistic people tend to drop out of Medicaid once they reach adulthood in states that don’t waive the income restrictions on enrollment.

Few studies have tracked how brain structure and function change across adulthood in people with autism. Carper and her colleagues are collecting data to fill this gap.

The new resource aims to aid reproducibility in imaging research.

Two groups of researchers respond to Spectrum’s article about the power struggle among researchers, self-advocates and families, calling on their autistic and non-autistic colleagues to work collaboratively and promote equity in autism research.

Autistic clinicians have long hid their diagnosis from colleagues, but some are beginning to share their stories to ignite change.

The two journals, although differing in initial support, both realized the need for a publication focused exclusively on the neurodiverse experience.