Spotted around the web: Sleep features, seizure genes, pandemic effects
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 17 January.
From funding decisions to scientific fraud, a wide range of societal factors shape autism research.
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 17 January.
Autism studies are appearing in the reference lists of entirely unrelated papers, suggesting what a few scholars worry is a plot to manipulate citations.
In this edition of By the Numbers, we discuss geographic disparities in access to behavior therapy, autism incidence among the privately or publicly insured and the rarity of criminal charges against autistic people in New Zealand.
Twitter is talking about a review of how to make autistic people more comfortable during magnetic resonance imaging scans, and a study that upends a popular idea about learning — namely, that it requires long-term potentiation of synapses.
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 10 January.
When pediatrician Kristin Sohl isn’t building programs to improve care for and research about autistic people, you can find her reading psychological thrillers or playing Pokémon Go.
In this week’s Community Newsletter, we look at conversations around a study of trauma and autism traits in older adults, and an editorial that looks back at late child psychiatrist Sir Michael Rutter’s contributions to the field.
Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 3 January.
Motor differences are more relevant than has historically been appreciated for understanding, assessing and supporting people on the spectrum.
As 2021 comes to a close, Spectrum recaps some of the biggest trends in autism science this year: studies of sex differences, noncoding regions of the genome and points of convergence, as well as efforts to improve screening and participatory research.