The status of a phone application designed to diagnose autism has created confusion among scientists — and sowed skepticism about the app’s efficacy. According to representatives of California-based Cognoa, the app’s maker, the tool is intended to radically reconfigure the speed and ease with which …

A new analysis of DNA from more than 20,000 people with autism identifies 12 regions in the genome that harbor inherited risk factors for the condition. The findings appear today in Nature Genetics1. The study is the largest-yet exploration of inherited variants that influence autism risk. It focuse…

She’s 6 feet 9 inches, and her legs measure a whopping 53 inches — giving her the longest legs in the world!Source: The Autism Site

Adding folic acid to foods such as cereal and bread — long considered one of the most successful public health interventions to prevent birth defects — may be a less effective strategy than once thought, according to a provocative new study from Stanford University. In 1998, the U.S. Food and Drug A…

By Paul Reed From a quote on The Art of Autism quote page, Dani Bowman says “English is my 2nd language. Autism is my first.” This beautifully illustrates that contrast between how a neurotypical (that is, one who does not have Autism) thinks, acts, and sees the world, and how someone with Autism do…

By Pamela Urfer As I posted on this blog a few weeks ago, (“I never thought of myself as weird”), I spent my childhood reading every book I could get my hands on. As a result, I became a writer. My books are odd, as I am myself. One woman, reading my short stories, exclaimed, “You have a very strang…

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The First Step of Teaching Self-Monitoring andImplementation of The Self & Match System Educators have long known the wide-range of variables that impact the behavioral success of our students.  Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the majority of students were educated in-person; l…

Millions of infants have benefited from Don Bailey’s work as a member of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Heritable Disorders in Newborns and Children. For six years, he helped decide which conditions doctors should screen for in all babies born in the United States. The program is one of the country’…

Cover Image: Michael Sardoni “Peace Dove for the Ukraine” Paper Mosaid and Digital Art “Peace Dove for the Ukraine represents hope that someday there will be peace in Ukraine and the whole world.” As we approach September 21, the date the United Nations has named the Inter…

This winter I explored the possibility that some Polynesian navigators may be/have been autistic.  That has been a fascinating thing to study, and it raised another question that I'd like to discuss – does a western diagnostic label that we associate with disability have relevance when app…

When will the need for autism awareness end? Never! Even as the public moves towards acceptance and inclusion for those on the spectrum…we will need to continue awareness education. Yes, what we will talk about will change because people will evolve in their understanding. But it’s impor…

Dear Readers, It’s been an eventful year, full of surprises. At Spectrum, our year was more even, and the surprises were mostly pleasant as we followed the steady upward trend of autism discoveries. After our rebranding and relaunch in September 2015, we embraced our new identity and website. And we…

The drug mavoglurant has no effect on a brain circuit involved in social behavior in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome. That may explain why the drug failed to improve social behavior in people with the condition, researchers reported yesterday at the 2017 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting i…