Features / Deep Dive
How to help low-income children with autism
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Autistic children from low-income families are undercounted and underserved, a gap community leaders are working to bridge.
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Science & Society
From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
January 2019
Opinion / Viewpoint
How to help underserved groups gain access to autism care
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Place your autism center in the community you serve, remove barriers to care, cast a wide net for autism signs, and do as much as possible in the first visit: These principles can help build a lifelong relationship with the community.
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News
Parents forced to trade custody for children’s mental-health care
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Each year, dozens of families in Illinois give up custody of their children to help them get mental-health services.
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News
Core set of autism traits shows up in diverse cultures
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Some autism traits look the same across cultures, and they could form the basis of a global screening tool.
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December 2018
Features / Special Reports / 2018: Year in Review
Quotes of the year
In our favorite quotes from stories we published this year, researchers talk about where to store your marijuana for research, the significance of mouse-butt sniffing and the secret to productivity.
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Features / Special Reports / 2018: Year in Review
A decade of Spectrum
It’s been 10 years since Spectrum — well, one version of Spectrum — launched. Fittingly, in this anniversary year, we made forays into new territory.
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Features / Special Reports / 2018: Year in Review
In case you missed it: Five Spectrum stories from 2018
Spectrum’s editors chose five stories from 2018 you may have missed the first time around.
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Opinion / Q&A
Science serves up inspiration for Katie Carey’s whimsical artwork
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Katie Carey, who has illustrated several Spectrum articles, reveals her creative process and her strategies for pushing past mental blocks.
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News
In Peru, novel program paves the way for autistic people’s employment
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At a center in Lima, Peru, people with autism learn to identify their strengths and find jobs that play to those strengths.
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Features / Special Reports / 2018: Year in Review
Pitch your thesis: Big questions drive autism research
Early-career autism researchers record ‘elevator pitches’ of their projects.