The finding underscores a need for adult autism diagnostic services.

Researchers share advice about how they find connection and gain visibility via online platforms.

Researchers also share insight into navigating the academic job market and “everything you wanted to know about running a lab but were afraid to ask.”

Scientists on social media this week discussed a failed attempt to replicate some functional MRI results and children’s journeys to an autism diagnosis in the United Kingdom.

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 29 May.

In this episode of “Synaptic,” Kasari talks about the need for inclusion in educating autistic children, what drew her into the autism research field, and growing up on the family farm.

Changes to the DSM-5’s diagnostic criteria for autism were meant to add clarity, but they also generated new questions.

A potential threat to the integrity of data collected online and an analysis of the structure and function of dopamine receptors caught researchers’ attention on social media this week.

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 22 May.

The paper marks the second retraction for one of the co-authors.