Kristin Sohl learned young how to access community resources designed to help families through lean times: She had her first child at 19 years old. “I was a premed student with no income,” she says. “My husband had just finished college, was starting work on his master’s degree and was working full-…

Today we released the first iteration of our Autism Drug Trial Tracker, which provides interactive, curated information on more than 200 clinical trials for autism and related conditions. The data powering the web application are freely available, as is the code that was used to scrape the data. We …

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My name is Angel, and this is my autism confession. By Angel Nikki Mann I loved being quarantined. Now before you get upset, please understand that I’m not saying I like Covid. When I first started hearing about “coronavirus,” I, like many people, was alarmed. I had just started working at a child …

Ree the barber has always worked patiently and creatively with LaQuista Erinna's son, Jackson, who is on the autism spectrum. The post Amazing Barber Turns Haircut Into a Game for Young Boy with Autism appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

When a child first gets diagnosed with Autism, parents are often overwhelmed. A good doctor will give a prescription for ABA therapy as well as other necessary therapies such as Speech, OT,  PT, Feeding, etc. However, of those therapies, the one that is usually not familiar is ABA. A simple Goo…

Most people who are diagnosed with autism in adulthood were not diagnosed with a psychiatric condition during childhood, according to a new study. The result suggests that childhood misdiagnosis cannot explain why some people with autism are identified only later in life, says lead investigator Laur…

The autism-linked gene POGZ facilitates the accessibility and expression of genes involved in wiring up the brain in utero, according to a new mouse study. People with a mutation in POGZ are more likely than those without to have autism and intellectual disability. The POGZ protein binds to DNA and …

Social media companies have turned a blind eye to online trolling, a problem which has only gotten worse as the pandemic has put more people in front of their screens. The post How Online Trolling Has Worsened Since 2020, And How We Can Fix The Problem appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source:…

Hello, and welcome to the Community Newsletter! I’m your host, Chelsey B. Coombs, Spectrum’s engagement editor. The first study to spark online exchanges this week looked at the link between autism traits and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults aged 50 and older who scored high on a meas…

By Ron Sandison When I was diagnosed with autism in 1982 only one in every 10,000 children in the United States had an autism diagnosis. As a teenager, I felt different, much like an endangered species. I was often excluded from social activities due to my outbursts and meltdowns. The neurodiversit…

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Researchers have uncovered thousands of new alternate RNA versions, or isoforms, of brain-expressed genes, including some involved in autism, according to a new study. Several of the RNA isoforms are expressed at different levels during brain development, a separate analysis shows. Isoforms affected…