Community Newsletter: Neuroscience game changers, genetics meeting highlights
The talk of the Twittersphere turned around two influential neuroscience papers, plus a virtual trip to the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics.
From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
The talk of the Twittersphere turned around two influential neuroscience papers, plus a virtual trip to the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics.
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 19 September.
Too often, people outside the margins of what’s considered classic autism are left out of research agendas, Abubakare says.
Intentional interactions with autistic people led Sasson to refocus his research.
The prize recognizes Geschwind’s contributions to our understanding of autism genetics.
Theofanopoulou shares how flamenco stepped up the pace of her social-communication research, and what’s behind the ‘no fear’ ethos in her new lab.
Two overlooked groups in autism research — autistic adults and people with profound autism — dominated this week’s talk on Twitter.
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 5 September.
My recommendations aim to foster a collaborative relationship between researchers and the Autistic community, resulting in an increase in the availability of genetic data.
Autistic researchers describe the challenges they’ve faced in academia and how their non-autistic colleagues can make the workplace more inclusive.