October is National Disability History Month and National Disability Employment Awareness Month. Richard Pimentel was one of the first disability activists to work with United States government agencies and Fortune 500 companies in diversity training and providing employment for people with disabili…

The annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), which typically draws more than 30,000 researchers, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students from around the world, will be held entirely online, the organization announced today. The in-person portion of the conference was slated for 13 to…

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A new open-source web app can measure changes in pupil size in both people and mice as accurately as a commercial eye tracker can. The tool could help researchers standardize studies of pupil differences in autistic people and in mouse models of autism. Some scientists see the pupils as potential wi…

Charlie is only six months old, but this therapy puppy already has a big job to do! The post Police Therapy Puppy Helps Save Distraught Teen From Jumping Off Roof appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

Formal child care in the U.S. costs on average $1,100 a month, with no guaranteed spot. The post How Early Child Care In The U.S. Falls Short Of Almost Every Other Developed Nation’s Programs appeared first on The Autism Site News. Source: The Autism Site

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared the way for a clinical trial of a gene therapy for Angelman syndrome to resume. The FDA paused the trial last November after children who received the treatment temporarily lost the ability to walk. Angelman syndrome is a genetic condition caus…

Register for the next Spectrum webinar, featuring Zachary J. Williams, a medical and doctoral student at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, who will speak about measuring alexithymia in autistic people and the importance of developing and validating measures for specific populations. The…

Children from low-income families are diagnosed with autism about eight months later than their wealthier peers, regardless of how many ‘well-child’ visits they attend, according to a new study. The analysis reviewed insurance claims for 253 autistic children who were born in Virginia in 2011. Those…

Call for Art LightSpace Gallery, which is an online gallery owned by an autistic person, is now accepting portraits for an upcoming virtual exhibit. Any media is accepted. There is no fee for entry. Deadline November 20, 2021. Art does not need to be for sale. Apply here. See the Art of Autism S…

A cancer drug that helps promote gene expression reduces repetitive behaviors and improves memory and sociability in a mouse model of autism, according to a new study. The treatment did not improve the animals’ anxiety or motor issues, however. The mice lack the autism-linked gene ASH1L in their bra…

Mice with a mutated copy of MYT1L, a leading autism candidate gene, have unusually small brains and many other physical and behavioral traits mirroring those seen in people with similar mutations, according to a study published today in Neuron. The mice represent the first model of MYT1L syndrome, a…

October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The 2021 theme, “America’s Recovery: Powered by Inclusion,” reflects the importance of ensuring that people with disabilities have full access to employment and community involvement during the national recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. B…

Today is the last day of advance registration for the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN), scheduled to take place both virtually and in person in Chicago, Illinois, in November. For many autism researchers, though, the decision to attend, or not, was finalized months ago. The deadl…