Features / Deep Dive
How abuse mars the lives of autistic people
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Many people with autism experience a triad of trauma: neglect at home, abuse from trusted adults and bullying at school or work.
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Signs & Symptoms
Autism’s core symptoms accompany a constellation of subtle signs that scientists are just beginning to unmask.
February 2020
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Increase in intelligence scores may not alter autism traits
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People with autism show significant improvements in cognitive ability from age 12 to 23 years, but their autism traits remain stable over this time.
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January 2020
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Repetitive behaviors and ‘stimming’ in autism, explained
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Restricted interests and repetitive behaviors constitute one of two criteria that define autism in the diagnostic manual for psychiatry.
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Siblings of autistic children may have distinct facial features
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Siblings of autistic children, like those with the condition, tend to have faces that are more masculine than average.
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In brain imaging studies of autism, location may alter results
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A new analysis hints at the source of the rampant inconsistency among brain imaging studies in autism: significant differences among study sites.
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Autism prevalence in the United States explained
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The bulk of the increase in autism prevalence stems from a growing awareness of the condition and changes to the diagnostic criteria.
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Autistic people have increased incidence of neurological problems
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People with autism have more brain-related health problems, such as headaches and epilepsy, than typical people do.
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Opinion / Viewpoint
How the autonomic nervous system may govern anxiety in autism
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The branch of the nervous system that regulates subconscious bodily processes such as breathing and digestion may play a key role in autism.
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Features / Deep Dive
How a controversial condition called PANDAS is gaining ground on autism
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Some scientists say an immune condition called PANDAS affects as many as 1 in 200 children who have traits similar to those of autism. But many experts contest that figure — and even the condition’s very existence.
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Fever’s immune effect on brain may ease autism traits
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An immune molecule produced during a fever improves sociability in three mouse models of autism.