Environmental exposures, including toxic chemicals, can contribute to the causes of ASD. But how do other environmental factors, like behavioral supports,...
This week’s podcast focuses on innovative methodologies to understand how to reach black families, understand why and when autistic people prefer not to...
Several studies have linked the immune system to autism, but how are they connected? Two new studies this week illustrate differences...
Autism diagnosis at 3 years of age isn’t something that happens suddenly. It evolves, there are deficits seen early on and...
This week is a “brick-a-brack”: of topics. They include: 1. how COVID-19 is especially dangerous for people with neurodevelopmental disorders; 2....
Parents are now used as intervention partners through a design called parent-mediated intervention. It started to be studied before the pandemic...
This week, we talk to Karla Rivera-Figueroa and Inge-Marie Eigsti, who together with Nana Yaa A. Marfo published a systematic review...
Most people with autism have some sort of sensory dysfunction: hypersensitivity or hyposensitivity or sensory avoiding behaviors to touch, smell, sound,...
A Summary of Autism Discoveries in 2016 and What It Means for Families By Alycia Halladay, PhD, Chief Science Officer of...
This year was filled with both challenges and encouraging signs of progress. The world continues to cope with the many hardships...
A Summary of Autism Research in 2017 and What It Means for Families By Alycia Halladay, PhD, Chief Science Officer of...
A 2018 Year End Review of Scientific Research By Alycia Halladay, PhD, Chief Science Officer of the Autism Science Foundation and...