The NIH neurologist talks about her research, her family and how mental health labels can be limiting.

In this episode of “Synaptic,” Kasari talks about the need for inclusion in educating autistic children, what drew her into the autism research field, and growing up on the family farm.

A growing proportion of researchers has reached such “super principal investigator” status, but the distribution is not even across demographic groups.

Researchers at INSAR 2023 need to discuss these questions and remember that the purpose of research may be different for different communities.

Spectrum caught up with the University of California, Davis professor about her passion for volunteering in underserved schools, birding and fossil-hunting.

In this inaugural episode, Lord discusses her entry into autism research, what the future of the field might look like and how drama club saved her in high school.

Serious differences in autism identification persist, according to an analysis of autistic children in New Jersey over 16 years.

Early interventions for autism lack solid data. The source of this problem is murky but may stem from ongoing debates about evidence quality and entrenched conflicts of interest within the field.

The pandemic has forced many health-care students to train online, raising concerns about their readiness.

The postmortem brain tissue available for autism research is overwhelmingly from people of Western European heritage. Verónica Martínez-Cerdeño and her colleagues are working to change that.