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Nobel laureate’s study earns expression of concern over data integrity issues

by  /  19 October 2023
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Article defending private-equity involvement in autism services retracted

by ,  /  19 October 2023
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Mutations in multipurpose gene deal dendrites a double whammy

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The promise of telehealth in autism diagnoses

by  /  15 February 2023

The COVID-19 pandemic forced a reckoning, in which autism clinicians had to redefine best practices and expand how children are evaluated. The remote assessments they developed may help solve a persistent problem: the long wait families endure to get a diagnosis in the United States.

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