Funding for sex differences in autism on the rise
Since 2008, funding for research on how autism differs in women and men has risen steadily.
From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
Since 2008, funding for research on how autism differs in women and men has risen steadily.
A new iPhone app flags possible autism symptoms, and researchers discover two ‘new’ neurons in a worm.
A drawing test reveals subtle slips in the imaginative process for children with autism, and researchers continue the fight for routine autism screening.
The MacArthur Foundation honors neuroscientist Beth Stevens, and researchers pin down factors that influence the placebo effect in autism trials.
A $13 million grant from the National Institutes of Health aims to help to make stem cell models of autism, and the ‘unaffected sibling’ of a girl with autism pledges to advance the field.
Autism will cost the U.S. $268 billion this year — a price expected to balloon to $461 billion by 2025.
Thomas Insel is stepping down as director of the National Institute of Mental Health after 13 years, and a policy aimed at curbing conflicts of interest is having little impact.
Elsa, the star of the movie “Frozen,” is the poster child for girls with autism.
The debate over whether to screen all toddlers for autism rages on, and a team of ethicists thinks editing the genomes of human embryos is okay.
Some children shed the symptoms of autism and eventually lose their diagnosis. What sets them apart?