Opinion / Viewpoint
Sensory troubles may yield key clues to autism’s origins
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Studies of the brain’s sensory system may provide unique insight into the brain mechanisms that underlie autism and could point to possible treatments.
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Signs & Symptoms
Autism’s core symptoms accompany a constellation of subtle signs that scientists are just beginning to unmask.
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Gene repeats tied to autism may prevent anemia
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Extra copies of a gene called BOLA2 predispose people to autism and may protect against iron deficiency.
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Severity predicts autistic children’s ability to learn life skills
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How well autistic children perform daily-living tasks tracks with their language skills and autism traits.
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Mutations in emerging autism gene tied to distinct traits
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People who have mutations in a gene called PHF21A tend to have a constellation of traits and conditions, including autism.
November 2019
Features / Deep Dive
Rethinking repetitive behaviors in autism
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Autistic people have long maintained that repetitive behaviors are beneficial. Emerging evidence in support of this idea is shaping new therapies.
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One in five autistic adults may have an anxiety disorder
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Adults with autism are more than twice as likely as neurotypical people to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder.
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Vitamin D linked to lowered autism risk in large study
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Children born with high blood levels of vitamin D have 25 percent decreased odds of autism compared with those born with low levels.
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Mutations in cancer gene tied to unique autism traits
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Autistic people who carry mutations in a gene called PTEN have distinct behavioral and motor problems.
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Autistic children disproportionately affected by chronic pain
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Children with autism are about twice as likely as their typical peers to experience chronic or repeated pain.
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Opinion / Viewpoint
Seeing connections between autism and blindness
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Autism is unusually common among people with congenital blindness, in part because the ability to see drives much of brain development.
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Motor problems in autistic people may be grossly underestimated
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At least one in three autistic children has significant movement difficulties, according to a large study.
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October 2019
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Children with congenital heart defects have increased odds of autism
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Children who are born with mild heart problems are more likely to be autistic than their typical peers are.
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Drug counteracts effects of doubled autism gene
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An experimental drug tamps down the expression of a gene duplicated in an autism-related condition and restores typical behavior in mice.