Autism researchers need to actively connect with public
Are scientists doing enough to communicate their findings — and explain their findings’ importance — to families affected by autism? The answer, suggests a new study, is no.
Are scientists doing enough to communicate their findings — and explain their findings’ importance — to families affected by autism? The answer, suggests a new study, is no.
Watch the replay of Cathy Lord’s Summer Institute session on best practices for autism diagnosis and identification.
The job of delivering interventions for autism often falls to overstretched teachers in schools with few resources. Melanie Pellecchia and David Mandell set out to find the ‘active ingredients’ of school-based interventions.
Watch the replay of Lynn Koegel’s Summer Institute session on a behavioral therapy for autism known as Pivotal Response Treatment.
Young scientists face unprecedented challenges in transitioning from postdoctoral fellowships to tenured faculty positions. We asked researchers from different generations for solutions to the scientific career crisis.
Watch the replay of Kevin Pelphrey’s Summer Institute session on brain structure and function.
Highlighting retractions can keep researchers in check, and a top journal editor wants to rethink ‘impact.’
Watch the complete replay of William Catterall explaining how low doses of an anxiety drug alleviate autism-like symptoms in mice.
Nobel Laureate Tim Hunt resigns after ranting about women in labs, and American scientists blow $28 billion a year on research that can’t be replicated.
Watch the complete replay of Jonathan Sebat’s webinar dissecting the similarities and differences between autism and schizophrenia at the genetic level.