The director of the University of Pittsburgh’s Autism Center of Excellence talks about her new work investigating suicidality in autistic adults.

The New York State Psychiatric Institute in New York City is undergoing an audit and a change in leadership following a suicide that occurred during one of its clinical trials.

This week on social media, researchers discussed research on sensory issues in fragile X mice, and they considered yet another study of epidurals and autism. That and more in this week’s Community Newsletter.

Here is a roundup of news and research spotted around the web for the week of 24 July.

A total of 17 studies have already been retracted or are slated for retraction over issues with participant consent.

With the help of a generous benefactor, autism research in Australia is gathering critical mass.

Researchers discussed a study of the integrated stress response in fragile X syndrome and a new how-to guide for quantitative bioimaging — plus more in this week’s Community Newsletter.

Here is a roundup of news and research spotted around the web for the week of 17 July.

The request is energizing scientists investigating autistic people who largely don’t communicate with spoken words.

A new technique to map the entire body of a mouse and a high-resolution 4D imaging method for living brain tissue samples piqued researchers’ interest on social media this week — that and more in this issue of Community Newsletter.