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April 25, 2022 Journal retracts paper on plant beauty that cited autism study
Previous Spectrum reporting called out this paper and several others — all on unrelated subjects — that mysteriously cite autism papers.
3 min
April 22, 2022 Autism and menopause: Q&A with Rachel Moseley and Julie Turner-Cobb
Menopause poses significant challenges for autistic people, according to a small survey published in 2020 — the first to explore the transition among people with autism traits. The post Autism and menopause: Q&A with Rachel Moseley and Julie Turner-Cobb appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News.
7 min
April 22, 2022 Access to Medicaid waivers varies with race, age, region
Black and Hispanic people with autism in North Carolina are 15 and 37 percent less likely, respectively, to receive a Medicaid waiver than their white counterparts are.
5 min
April 21, 2022 A whisper of autism: Fragile X carriers and the autism phenotype
Among people who carry the fragile X premutation, about 14 percent of boys and 5 percent of girls meet the criteria for autism, but the ‘broad autism phenotype’ may be far more common.
18 min
April 20, 2022 Pandemic, politics temper INSAR’s in-person return
Some autism researchers and clinicians say they are boycotting the upcoming annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research in Austin, Texas, because of the state’s controversial health policies and lack of COVID-19 mitigation strategies. The post Pandemic, politics temper INSAR’s in-person return appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News.
6 min
April 20, 2022 Researchers, advocates rush to aid autistic Ukrainians
Among the millions displaced by the war in Ukraine are children and adults with autism. Many autism professionals are doing what they can to help.
9 min
April 18, 2022 Biases skew behavioral predictions from brain scans
Models trained on datasets that lack racial and ethnic diversity perform less accurately on brain scans from Black Americans than their white counterparts. The post Biases skew behavioral predictions from brain scans appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News.
8 min
April 18, 2022 Histone-modifying drug improves autism-like behaviors in mice
The experimental compound, called GSK-LSD1, enhances social preferences and reduces repetitive grooming in mice, according to a new study.
6 min
April 15, 2022 New MRI probe illuminates neuronal interactions
The calcium-sensing instrument translates neuronal activity into signals that can be detected via functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI).
The post New MRI probe illuminates neuronal interactions appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News.
4 min
April 14, 2022 Why autism therapies have an evidence problem
Early interventions for autism lack solid data. The source of this problem is murky but may stem from ongoing debates about evidence quality and entrenched conflicts of interest within the field.
14 min

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