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Spectrum is covering the 2020 International SYNGAP1 Scientific Conference, which took place virtually because of the coronavirus pandemic. Here we’re highlighting researchers’ reactions to noteworthy presentations.

Studies of autism treatments rarely report adverse events, and the scientists involved often fail to disclose their conflicts of interest.

Prisons are often ill-equipped to handle autistic inmates, who are at risk for mental health problems and abuse.

Simon Baron-Cohen’s new book is essentially a 272-page argument for his hypothesis that all human innovation stems from the ability to discern and manipulate causal patterns.