Opinion / Viewpoint
Medical ‘home’ programs offer coordinated care for autistic people
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A Utah program provides comprehensive care for autistic people across the lifespan and engages families in the decision-making.
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Science & Society
From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
August 2019
News
Scientists win two-year reprieve from controversial new clinical trial policy
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Following pushback from scientists, the U.S. National Institutes of Health has issued a two-year delay on a rule requiring basic researchers to register their studies as clinical trials.
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July 2019
News
Preprint server aims to lead medical research into era of open science
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Envisioned as bioRxiv’s clinical cousin, the new preprint server medRxiv hosts unpublished manuscripts describing original medical research.
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Opinion
How autistic people use compensatory strategies to cope with daily life
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In a large survey, autistic adults from around the world described their experiences of using psychological strategies to fit in.
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Opinion / Viewpoint
Community delivery of autism therapies lags far behind evidence
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Most community clinicians do not deliver care that is in line with the latest evidence — and they are not improving over time.
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Opinion
Providing accommodations for autistic workers benefits everyone
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Companies can use many strategies to make workplaces more inclusive.
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Features / Deep Dive
When autistic people commit sexual crimes
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Many first-time sex offenders on the spectrum may not understand the laws they break. How should their crimes be treated?
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Opinion
What it’s like to be autistic at an autism research conference
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An autistic journalist is cautiously optimistic that the annual INSAR conference is becoming more inclusive of the autism community.
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News
Animal lab closures in England rattle autism researchers
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News that two major animal research laboratories are likely to close down within a few years has left some researchers in the United Kingdom uncertain about the future of their work.
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News / Spotted
Spotted around the web: Week of 8 July 2019
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Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 8 July.