Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 10 October.

Researchers can maximize the impact of their results by engaging policymakers more effectively.

Our Twitter feeds were awash with research activity this week, including a review of autism intervention studies and resources to build better data-wrangling skills.

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 3 October.

The pair’s new guidebook offers practical steps to make clinical trials easier and more meaningful for autistic participants.

Iama Therapeutics is hoping a new class of molecule will prove successful against an old target in autism.

Their plans stand to improve how autistic children from racial or ethnic minorities are evaluated.

Two groups are working to increase representation among neuropsychology researchers, in part to improve behavioral assessments for autism.

Highlights this week include two gene studies — one on the role of autism-linked genes in developing interneurons and another on the genetic origins of overlapping autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 26 September.