“The buzz from the show opened doors for me to expand my reach, which is extraordinarily gratifying!” Kaelynn Partlow By Ron Sandison I enjoyed watching the Netflix series, Love On the Spectrum and hearing each participants’ story and the challenges they experienced with dating. The show beautif…

Studies of behavioral treatments for autism are complex and can easily be misunderstood. Here we provide some guidance. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Male rats prenatally exposed to a maternal immune response have atypical responses to other rats in distress, according to a new study. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Art as a Language for Autism: Building Effective Therapeutic Relationships with Children and Adolescents (2023) Jane Ferris Richardson By Connie Gretsch MA Art Therapy, M Ed Art Integration, SLBP Special Education, Expressive Art and Special Educator Jane Ferris Richardson is an art therapist, play…

The last few months have been abuzz with news about GPT-3, an artificial intelligence model created by a company called OpenAI that answers all sorts of questions in a conversational way. Recently, OpenAI released a more advanced version of this model called GPT-4 that can solve difficult problems w…

Discussion on social media revolved around a meta-analysis of suicidality in autism, a method to purify neural stem and progenitor cells, and autism-linked genes in zebrafish. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 20 March. SourceSource: Spectrum News

People whose brains look like those of people who carry autism-linked copy number variants also share markers of heart health. SourceSource: Spectrum News

About 1 in 36 children in the United States has autism, up almost 20 percent from the previous estimate, reflecting improved identification, particularly among girls and Black, Hispanic and Asian or Pacific Islander children. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Reposted with permission from How To ABA HRE is a more recent term in ABA that says a learner should be happy, relaxed, and engaged during ABA therapy. But what exactly does happy, relaxed, engaged mean?  What is Happy, Relaxed, Engaged? Dr. Gregory Hanley states in his paper, A P…

Cannabidiol (CBD) blocks the action of a molecule that drives an overexcitability feedback loop in a rodent model of epilepsy. The post Cannabis compound rebalances signaling to quell seizures in mice appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The approach improves the function of SYNGAP1-deficient neurons in vitro, but whether it will work in people remains unclear. The post ‘Splice-switching’ strategy boosts SYNGAP1 expression appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Two groups of researchers respond to Spectrum’s article about the power struggle among researchers, self-advocates and families, calling on their autistic and non-autistic colleagues to work collaboratively and promote equity in autism research. The post Letter to the editor: Researchers must bridge…

My goal is to create a video game that would teach people about autism and other differences, which is also made with a team of autistic people. While in the United States I’m looking for input (see below). By Dennis Kinghorn Who am I? I’m an autistic adult and I live in Northumberland, Engla…