Opinion / Viewpoint
Peer partners help students with autism join playground fun
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In a new program, teachers recruit typical students to help children with autism play during recess.
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Treatments
Efforts to ease the symptoms of autism are beginning to ramp up, with promising candidates in various stages of testing.
March 2018
News
Flurry of studies hint at folic acid’s protective role in autism
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Folic acid, a B vitamin, may lower autism risk and ease features of the condition.
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Parent training boosts language in nonverbal children with autism
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Children with autism who speak few or no words improve in their verbal abilities after their parents learn to engage them in conversation during play.
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February 2018
News
Optimism, confusion greet federal fast track for autism drug
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted a rare ‘breakthrough therapy’ designation for a drug that may ease some features of autism.
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Games plus group therapy may help adults with autism find jobs
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Adults with autism who undergo a therapy designed to bolster social learning show cognitive benefits that may increase their chances of employment.
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Features / Deep Dive
Decoding the overlap between autism and ADHD
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Autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder often coincide, but the search for common biological roots has turned up conflicting evidence.
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January 2018
News
Drug in trials for one autism-linked condition may worsen another
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The drug rapamycin, which is in clinical trials as a treatment for tuberous sclerosis, may exacerbate features of fragile X syndrome, another condition related to autism.
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Features / Deep Dive
Weighing up autism’s obesity crisis
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Autism’s underlying biology, associated behaviors and treatments can all put people on the spectrum at serious risk for obesity.
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Features / Deep Dive
France faces down its outdated notions about autism
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After lagging behind other countries for decades, France is working on a new national plan for autism.
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Signs of autism emerge early in babies with related condition
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Infants who have neurofibromatosis, a genetic condition linked to autism, show motor difficulties and communication delays at 10 months of age.