Opinion / Viewpoint
Genetic risk ‘scores’ may help forecast autism diagnosis
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A count of genetic variants may help predict a person’s risk of various conditions — but its clinical use prompts ethical questions.
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February 2019
January 2019
Multimedia / Podcasts
Spectrum Stories: Tapping intelligence in minimally verbal people with autism
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Scientists are finding new ways to test cognition in autistic individuals who speak little or not at all.
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Multimedia / Webinars
Webinar: Ivan Iossifov discusses genetic variants linked to autism traits
Register for the next Spectrum webinar, featuring Ivan Iossifov, who will explore the genetic basis of autism’s core features.
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News
Children with severe autism increasingly overlooked in research
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The proportion of studies that include people with a severe form of autism has fallen over the past three decades.
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December 2018
Features / Deep Dive
Revealing autism’s hidden strengths
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Autistic people who have trouble speaking or moving often do poorly on standard tests of intelligence. Newer methods promise to uncover their abilities — and improve our understanding of autism itself.
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June 2018
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News / Spotted
Smart genes; Neanderthal mini-brains; diabetes link and more
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Autism and intelligence share genetic variants, researchers grow Neanderthal mini-brains and see overlap with autism, and maternal diabetes is an autism risk factor.
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May 2018
News
Use of certain social strategies linked to anxiety in autism
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Children with autism often have problems understanding others’ thoughts; those who use mental strategies to compensate for these problems may be unusually anxious.
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News
Who’s ‘minimally verbal’? Depends whom you ask
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The proportion of children with autism considered to be minimally verbal in a study depends on the criteria researchers use to identify them.
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April 2018
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News / Spotted
New journal; organoid ethics; acetaminophen association and more
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A journal covering autism in adulthood makes its debut, researchers call for an ethical framework for human organoid studies, and the association between acetaminophen and autism risk comes under scrutiny.
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News
Repetitive behaviors in autism show sex bias early in life
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Girls with autism may have less severe restricted and repetitive behaviors than do boys on the spectrum.