Features / Deep Dive
Unlocking the secrets of fragile X in Colombia
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A remote Colombian town is home to the world’s largest cluster of people with fragile X syndrome. Scientists are learning from them — and trying to help.
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Science & Society
From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
Opinion / Viewpoint
Counseling can ease shock of unexpected genetic results
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The best way to deliver surprises from genetic findings is to provide adequate information and counseling alongside the results.
Multimedia / Webinars
Webinar: Stelios Georgiades explores heterogeneity in autism over time
Watch the complete replay of Stelios Georgiades discussing a model for predicting trajectories in children with autism.
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For studies, size matters: Let us count the ways
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In autism research, as in other fields, small sample sizes can lead to false findings. The size of the sample needed for statistical significance depends on the type of study.
October 2018
News
Studying genetics in the age of big data
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New biomedical techniques, like next-generation genome sequencing, are creating vast amounts of data and transforming the scientific landscape.
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Multimedia / Webinars
Webinar: Christine Wu Nordahl reveals new autism brain-imaging strategies
Register for the next Spectrum webinar, featuring Christine Wu Nordahl, who will discuss new ways to expand participation in autism brain-imaging studies.
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News
Drug agency ruling on marijuana may do little to ease autism research
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The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency has made it legal for doctors to prescribe an epilepsy drug derived from marijuana. But all other compounds derived from marijuana remain under tight restrictions.
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Autism prevalence program expands to include teenagers
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The network of researchers keeping tabs on autism prevalence in U.S. children plans to follow up with some of those children in adolescence.
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September 2018
News
Why we should not define autism in terms of ‘deficits’
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Autistic children in the United Kingdom are increasingly being suspended or expelled from school because of ‘behavioral problems,’ official figures show.
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Opinion / Viewpoint
Quashing sex bias in autism research calls for participant rainbow
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Autism researchers must attend to the need for sex and gender diversity in study design as a rule rather than as an exception.
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How genetics is revealing rare childhood conditions
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A pioneering project is showing how, 17 years since the first draft of the human genome, our genes are giving up their secrets and bringing hope to parents around the world.
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Opinion / Viewpoint
Disclosure of autism at work holds risks and benefits
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Telling coworkers you are autistic can bring acceptance, but it may also hinder advancement.
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Opinion / Viewpoint
Federal chokehold on marijuana stymies studies on epilepsy, autism
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Scientists’ desire for evidence-based medical inquiry runs headlong into an apparently immovable obstacle: the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.