Conflicts of interest and methodological issues sully a study published 18 July in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, autism researchers say. The researchers on the study — which attempts to forecast autism prevalence and related costs in the United States in 2060 — all have connecti…

Premature birth is tied to an increased chance of having autism, according to the largest study yet to examine the connection. And premature birth itself — rather than unrecognized genetic or environmental factors — seems to underlie the association. The findings suggest that infants born prematurel…

This month’s ASAT feature comes to us from David Celiberti, PhD, BCBA-D, Kaitlyn Evoy, BA, Sarah Cummins, MA, BCBA, and Kate McKenna, MEd, MSEd, BCBA, LBA. To learn more about ASAT, please visit their website at www.asatonline.org. You can also sign up for ASAT’s free newsle…

Advances in genetics have revolutionized our understanding of autism’s origins. We know that hundreds of genes with diverse functions can contribute to the condition, and many of these genes act primarily on the formation of the brain during prenatal and early postnatal development. But we still don…

Register for the 28 September webinar, featuring Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele, professor of psychiatry at Columbia University, who will speak about goals for developing new drugs for autism — and the barriers researchers may encounter. Cite this article: https://doi.org/10.53053/QPCD9430 The post Web…

New solution delivers web accessibility for people with disabilities, helps marketing teams, web developers and business owners achieve ADA and WCAG compliance for their websites TEL AVIV, ISRAEL – August 10, 2021 – Equally AI , a web accessibility solution delivering a world-class, secure, conve…

The genetic factors that influence autism may overlap with those that underlie insomnia, according to a new study of autistic people and their relatives. By contrast, the two conditions show minimal overlap in environmental influences. The results may help explain the frequent co-occurrence of autis…

“I thought to myself, ‘I know all the professional musicians in the area. Why not bring them to my house for socially distanced jam sessions in front of small crowds?’ The results were more than I could have anticipated—seeing as I now have an ongoing concert series in my own backyard…” By Morgan Gi…

Hello, and welcome to this week’s Community Newsletter! I’m your host, Chelsey B. Coombs, Spectrum’s engagement editor. Our first threads come from Shabeesh Balan, a researcher at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science, in Wako, Saitama, Japan, and Toshihiro Endo, founder and scientist at Phenovance Res…

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Two unapproved drugs that boost levels of the neurotransmitter serotonin significantly increase sociability in six autism mouse models, according to a new study. The findings build on a decade of work that suggests the release of serotonin in the nucleus accumbens, part of the brain’s social-reward …

Some mutations that disable SCN2A, one of the genes most strongly linked to autism, can unexpectedly make neurons hyperexcitable, a study in mice shows. The findings may help explain why a sizeable proportion of autistic children with mutations in SCN2A experience epileptic seizures. SCN2A codes for…

“The COVID-19 pandemic, horrible as it has been, has given us the perfect opportunity to redesign our society and systems to be more inclusive of the rights and desires of people with disabilities. There are numerous bills in congress that can support people with disabilities in achieving the Americ…

Police found the child in the street about 25 minutes after he initially escaped. The post Family Fuming After School Staff’s Oversight Allowed 9-Year-Old with Autism to Escape into Street appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site