Opinion / Q&A
Inside a summer camp for autistic children in Russia
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Photographs show how a camp in St. Petersburg this summer helped children on the spectrum and their families find some fun during the pandemic.
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Science & Society
From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
News
Gender and sexuality in autism, explained
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Gender and sexuality appear to be more varied among autistic people than among neurotypical people. What do scientists know about the connection?
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Largest study to date confirms overlap between autism and gender diversity
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People who do not identify with the sex they were assigned at birth are three to six times as likely to be autistic as cisgender people are.
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Cannabis and autism, explained
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Autistic people and their families are increasingly experimenting with marijuana to try to ease problems such as insomnia, epilepsy and chronic pain — and traits of autism. But there is little evidence for its safety or effectiveness.
September 2020
August 2020
Opinion / Q&A
Spotting the problems with ‘camouflaging’ in autism research
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Eric Fombonne spoke with Spectrum about the possibilities that autism is overdiagnosed in adults and that camouflaging traits is not unique to the condition.
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Almost one-third of autistic children in the United States live in poverty
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Children younger than age 5 and Black and Hispanic children on the spectrum experience the most financial hardships.
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Opinion / Reviews
Review: ‘Love on the Spectrum’ is kind, but unrepresentative
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The Netflix series that follows 20-something autistic adults looking for love is well intentioned but fails to capture reality and is riddled with bad advice.
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Opinion
Autism and eating disorders may have an emotional connection
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Eating disorders have the highest mortality rates of any kinds of mental illness. They don’t discriminate, affecting people of all ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, ages and backgrounds.
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News
Autism prevalence estimates for China, Greece align with global patterns
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About 0.7 percent of children in China aged 6 to 12 — and 1.15 percent of 10- and 11-year-olds in Greece — have autism, figures that are consistent with prevalence estimates elsewhere.
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Opinion / Q&A
Beyond the bench: A conversation with Matthew Lerner
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Since the pandemic began, Matthew Lerner and his team have become part of a massive experiment on maintaining social connection at a distance.
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July 2020
News
INSAR 2020, from home
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Like so many other events this year, autism’s biggest annual conference — the International Society for Autism Research meeting — was forced to go virtual because of the coronavirus pandemic.
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Opinion / Q&A
On the same page: Divorce, drawing, and parenting an autistic child
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Shared sketch books chart a father-daughter relationship over time and provide a valuable outlet for self-regulating emotions.
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COVID-19 may be deadlier for group-home residents
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Intellectually or developmentally disabled group-home residents are dying from COVID-19 at twice the rate of all New Yorkers with the virus.