Genetic factors could help explain why the ‘social hormone’ failed to benefit autistic people in a phase 3 clinical trial last year. The post DNA may hold clues to oxytocin levels in autistic people appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

By: Rosemarie Griffin, SLP, BCBA, originally posted on ABASpeech.org Play is this fascinating tool that allows children to absorb information, learn, engage, socialize, and communicate. Play is vital to children’s development. Play is a natural way to bring children into an exciting new adven…

Doctors can prescribe it, but evidence that ketamine eases autism traits is still preliminary. The post Pinning hope to ketamine appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The inflammation associated with the disease, particularly in mothers, may contribute to autism traits in children. The post Autism linked to inflammatory bowel disease in parents appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Our daily chores and activities require the use of our arms and in several cases, decent amount of strength. In many cases, individuals lose strength in their arms because of various disorders like muscular dystrophies, traumatic incidents like strokes or simply aging. To make up for lost strength, …

Swiss biotech Stalicla hopes to bring precision medicine to autism. Experts praise efforts to identify autism subgroups, but evidence to support the company's claims has yet to be seen. The post Meet the company trying precision medicine for autism appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. …

By Dr. Daniela Araujo Prince Charming is known in Spanish as Blue Prince, and so this story begins. It’s said that there was a Blue Prince. It’s said he was polite and had good manners. However, his days hadn’t been always simple. Since being a child he had to understand the gaudy colors in the play…

A trill of tweets this week talk about perspective-taking during conversation, watching hands during playtime and accounting for measurement bias during diagnosis. The post Community Newsletter: Fresh takes on theory-of-mind skills, evaluating joint attention, autism’s sex ratio appeared first on Sp…

By Zach Labbadia It goes without saying that the acting market is highly saturated, which makes it a very competitive creative profession. Besides connections and talent, to achieve any success you must have an identifiable brand or anything that would make you unique in the industry. Last year, whe…

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 20 June. The post Spotted around the web: Phelan-McDermid syndrome, autism screening in Sri Lanka and Brazil, cheaper DNA sequencing appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Therapies that target the circuit could boost social activity, new findings suggest. The post Autism-linked mutation disrupts brain circuit to change social behavior appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Siblings of autistic females are more likely to have autism than siblings of autistic males are, and mothers of autistic children carry more common, autism-linked variants than fathers do. The post Common inherited variants tied to autism show sex bias in families appeared first on Spectrum | Autism…

The male sex bias in autism may in large part be a product of how common diagnostic tools measure traits in boys versus girls at a single point in time, according to a new study. The post Autism’s sex bias disappears after tracking trajectories appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Sour…

Statistical modeling and machine learning helps blunt the bias in brain imaging studies that exclude young autistic children and those with prominent traits, a new study finds. The post Causal inference method mitigates motion bias in autism imaging studies appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Resear…