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Autistic burnout, explained
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‘Autistic burnout’ is the intense physical, mental or emotional exhaustion, often accompanied by a loss of skills, that some adults with autism experience.
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Science & Society
From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
Features / Deep Dive
How people with autism forge friendships
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Most autistic people want to and can make friends, though their relationships often have a distinctive air.
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‘Flattening the curve’ may pose tough challenge for autistic people
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Social distancing may pose special challenges for people with autism and their caregivers.
Opinion / Viewpoint
How to run a lab from home during a pandemic
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While much of the world's operations have sputtered to a halt, some labs have found ways to keep science moving forward.
March 2020
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Journals prepare for changes as coronavirus interrupts research
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As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts researchers’ working lives, the academic journals that publish their work are adjusting too.
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Opinion / Viewpoint
How governments should maintain disability services during the pandemic
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People with disabilities are at increased risk of medical and other complications from coronavirus infection. There is a lot that governments can do to help them.
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U.K. government faces lawsuit over mistreatment of autistic people
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Following a series of scandals in the United Kingdom over people with autism being held against their will and mistreated in hospitals, a watchdog group has issued a legal challenge to the government.
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Week of MarchMar
16th
16th
2020
News / Spotted
Spotted around the web: Coronavirus, genetic mutations, obsessive-compulsive disorder
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Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 16 March.
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News / Profiles
Elise Robinson: Untangling the roots of cause and effect
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Even as a small child, geneticist Elise Robinson wondered why people think the way they do. Today, that question informs much of her autism research.
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Features / Deep Dive
Growing old with autism
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For many autistic adults, the golden years are tarnished by poor health, poverty and, in some cases, homelessness. Their plight reveals huge gaps in care.
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Coronavirus’ effect on autism research may have long-term consequences
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The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered universities and institutes, leaving scientists scrambling to continue their research.
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Week of MarchMar
9th
9th
2020
News / Spotted
Spotted around the web: Sleep problems, social comfort, police training
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A roundup of news and research for the week of 9 March.
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Opinion / Viewpoint
Why adults with autism need sex education
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Too few students with autism or intellectual disabilities have sex education. That omission may prevent them from forming fulfilling romantic relationships, and it may make them targets of abuse.