autism
Meet Grunya Sukhareva, the forgotten woman who defined autism
[In 1924,] a gifted young doctor, Grunya Efimovna Sukhareva, saw [a 12-year-old] boy. Caring and attentive, she observed him with ...
Understanding environmental risk factors for autism: What’s real and what’s not
Here, we explain why it is difficult to link autism to environmental factors, and what scientists know about how the ...
Tracking autism: ‘Recalibrated’ test may better reflect progression over time
A recalibrated version of a widely used test for autism may accurately reflect autistic children’s development as they grow and ...
Severe autism linked to lower serotonin levels in mothers
Women whose children are severely autistic have lower serotonin levels than do those whose children have mild or moderate autism ...
Why hyping ‘click-worthy’ autism research can do more harm than good
Click-worthy health and science headlines are an essential currency in today’s media world. When they pertain to autism, they might ...
Autism and chemical messenger receptors: Study challenges popular theory
New results from brain scans of adults with autism are at odds with the popular theory that autism involves weak ...
‘In someone else’s shoes’: How virtual reality is altering autism research, treatment
For more than two decades, scientists have experimented with [virtual reality] to set up controlled scenarios to study autistic traits. At the ...
Gene therapy for autism? Rare Angelman syndrome could answer key questions
[T]he success of genetic therapies [for autism] is not guaranteed. Even if disrupted genes can be replaced, repaired or otherwise ...
Mystery of the mind: How autism got its start in the developing brain
Here are some of the key points [neuroscientist Kevin] Pelphrey made on how autism may get its start in the ...
Tracing the impact of genetics on autism
Autism is more heritable than anorexia, alcohol dependence, depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder, according to an analysis of data from nearly ...
Why do siblings of children with autism also have social problems?
Even typical siblings of children with autism tend to struggle with anxiety, depression and social difficulties, according to a large ...
Why people with autism have shorter life expectancies
Two recent studies will undoubtedly shock individuals and families affected by autism spectrum disorder (ASD). These studies show a much earlier age ...
How brain scans of sleeping mice could help identify various types of autism in humans
Autism features vary considerably from one person to the next. One of the biggest challenges in autism research is to ...
Autism, intellectual delay could be result of spontaneous mutations
Genetic variants across the genome contribute to about 8 percent of the risk for certain developmental conditions — much more ...
Autism more closely linked an inability to ‘read’ other people than inflexible thinking and lack of self-control
For more than 30 years, scientists have debated which of two cognitive abilities, theory of mind and executive function, is ...
Increase in autism linked to rising maternal obesity and diabetes
More and more children around the world are being born to obese mothers than ever before. In the United States, ...
Looking for a connection between autism and PTSD
Having autism can sometimes mean enduring a litany of traumatic events, starting from a young age. And for many, those ...
Depression ‘three times as common’ among adults with autism
Depression is more than three times as common among adults with autism as it is in the general population, according ...
Should you disclose your autism diagnosis at work?
One central question those of us with jobs face is: Do I disclose my autism diagnosis to my boss and ...
Gender bias: Are we overlooking autism in women and girls?
Hundreds of thousands of girls and women with autism are going undiagnosed due to it being viewed as a “male ...
Viewpoint: Federal marijuana regulations defy ‘common sense’, hindering autism and epilepsy research
A few years ago, I began to see children in my practice who seemingly responded to marijuana-derived extracts. And as ...
Are we close to a simple blood test for autism?
A new study suggests that its results could lead to a simple test for some children with autism, but statisticians ...
Pregnancy and depression: Do antidepressants increase risk of autism?
Among the many things a woman is supposed to avoid when pregnant are antidepressants, particularly a subtype of the drugs ...
Diagnosing autism: Proposed revision of global diagnostic manual raises concerns
The proposed new version of the global manual for diagnosing medical conditions gets many things right about autism — but ...
Family ties: Searching for autism origins in the genes of unaffected siblings
Scientists have historically focused on studying a “quartet” of two biological parents and two autistic children. Yet more recent research ...
Robots could help autistic children communicate more effectively
As excited or terrified as we might be by the latest advances in robot technology, they’re still far from being ...
Viewpoint: Neurodiversity and why we can’t let fear of autism discourage vaccinations
Measles cases are surging across Europe, as vaccination rates have dropped. It’s a problem that medical authorities believe is, in part, ...
