Diagnosing autism with Catherine Lord
In this inaugural episode, Lord discusses her entry into autism research, what the future of the field might look like and how drama club saved her in high school.
From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
In this inaugural episode, Lord discusses her entry into autism research, what the future of the field might look like and how drama club saved her in high school.
Explore the people, the science and the challenges in autism research.
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 27 March.
Evidence of measurement bias undermines past claims about autistic children’s lower well-being.
Studies of behavioral treatments for autism are complex and can easily be misunderstood. Here we provide some guidance.
Discussion on social media revolved around a meta-analysis of suicidality in autism, a method to purify neural stem and progenitor cells, and autism-linked genes in zebrafish.
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 20 March.
About 1 in 36 children in the United States has autism, up almost 20 percent from the previous estimate, reflecting improved identification, particularly among girls and Black, Hispanic and Asian or Pacific Islander children.
Two groups of researchers respond to Spectrum’s article about the power struggle among researchers, self-advocates and families, calling on their autistic and non-autistic colleagues to work collaboratively and promote equity in autism research.
Researchers took to Twitter this week to discuss the most complete map of brain structure to date — that of a larval fruit fly — and the largest-yet human brain connectivity resource.