Their plans stand to improve how autistic children from racial or ethnic minorities are evaluated.

Highlights this week include two gene studies — one on the role of autism-linked genes in developing interneurons and another on the genetic origins of overlapping autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 26 September.

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.