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April 06, 2020 Visual, sensory brain regions in autistic children may have weak links
Areas of the brain involved in processing vision are more weakly connected to those that process sensory information in autistic children than in controls.
4 min
April 03, 2020 Mutations in autism gene linked to distinct conditions
Individuals with mutations in an autism gene called TRIO may have a range of conditions, including intellectual disability and anomalous head size.
4 min
April 01, 2020 How governments should maintain disability services during the pandemic
COVID-19 has descended. To save lives and mitigate the burden on the U.S. healthcare system, we must shelter in place.
But where does that leave people with disabilities, especially the many who need special services and service providers to survive?
7 min
April 01, 2020 'Flattening the curve' may pose tough challenge for autistic people
Social distancing may pose special challenges for people with autism and their caregivers.
5 min
March 30, 2020 Infants’ attention to faces may predict autism before formal diagnosis
Autistic infants as young as 6 months display subtle signs of the condition, according to a new study. They are less attentive to people’s faces during certain social-interaction tasks.
4 min
March 30, 2020 Autistic burnout, explained
‘Autistic burnout’ is the intense physical, mental or emotional exhaustion, often accompanied by a loss of skills, that some adults with autism experience.
4 min
March 26, 2020 Journals prepare for changes as coronavirus interrupts research
As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts researchers’ working lives, the academic journals that publish their work are adjusting too.
4 min
March 26, 2020 New U.S. data show similar autism prevalence among racial groups
Autism prevalence in the United States continues to rise, according to a new study of 8-year-old children in 11 states. Boys are 4.3 times as likely as girls are to have autism, a ratio that is consistent with previous estimates.
7 min
March 25, 2020 ‘Social brain’ activity may not differ in some autistic people
People with autism may have patterns of brain activity similar to those in typical people when interpreting social interactions, according to the largest study of its kind.
They also perform as well as typical people do on a test of intuiting others’ mental states, the study found.
5 min
March 23, 2020 Coronavirus’ effect on autism research may have long-term consequences
The coronavirus pandemic has shuttered universities and institutes, leaving scientists scrambling to continue their research.
Hundreds of colleges and universities in the United States have dispatched students home and are aiming to transition to remote learning. Scientific organizations are canceling conferences or moving them online. And scientists have had to put research projects and clinical trials on hold.
6 min

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