By Heather Hoeft, B.S., M.Ed., LBS1 | Reposted with permission from The Autism Helper Many of us know the advantages to ABA (applied behavior analysis) and what it can do for not only people with Autism, but in changing any human behavior. ABA was not started because of Autistic individuals. ABA …

Time is running out to expose this disreputable push for profit over care and change insurance, funding and training practices for the better. The post Private equity harms autism service market appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

This month’s newsletter takes a close look at the orphan drug program in the United States, several cannabis-based therapies and a secondary analysis of bumetanide, among other new developments in autism-related drug trials. The post Going on Trial: Orphan drugs; CBD; bumetanide appeared first…

The OTUD7A gene, which may account for some traits in people missing a segment of chromosome 15, appears to interact with several known autism-linked genes. The post Protein networks identified in autism-linked genetic deletion appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Researchers know little about the ways genetic variants affect development in the infant brain. Knickmeyer, who launched the Organization for Imaging Genomics in Infancy, has spent the past five years trying to close the gap. The post Mapping genetic influences on the infant brain: A chat with Rebec…

Clothing designer Alexa Jovanovic is always looking out for how much disability inclusion is involved in clothing by fashion and clothing outlets. As she watched New York Fashion Week 2023, she saw all sorts of creative fashion elements but not inclusivity, which was disappointing too her.  2…

This week, researchers on Twitter discussed false results in gene expression studies, a wearable neuron-recording device, and paper-publishing requirements. The post Community Newsletter: Faulty enrichment analyses; wearable tool; peer-review backlog appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News…

By Ron Sandison I learned to develop healthy habits by reading Coach Dave Martin’s book Make That, Break That. Most New Year’s resolutions fail within the first month; not from a lack of motivation but a failure to make the resolutions into a habit. We are creatures of habits and good habits can dev…

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 20 February. The post Spotted around the web: The structural connectome; sleep genes; Australian guidelines appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The “It Takes All Kinds of Minds” conference draws neurodiversity researchers, clinicians and community members to Scotland, where they plan to discuss interdisciplinary, transdiagnostic work. The post Neurodiversity conference aims to link research, lived experience appeared first on Sp…

By Anastasia O’Melveny American Abolitionist, Civil Rights and Women’s Rights activist Sojourner Truth was born in slavery in 1797 in rural Ulster County, New York. She died in Battle Creek, Michigan in 1883 at the age of 105. She was first separted from her family and sold as a slave a…

After a year of intense growth, funding for biotech is in decline. The result is layoffs and program cuts — and maybe some innovation. The post Biotech downturn hurts companies targeting autism-linked conditions appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The approach removes methyl tags from the gene and shields it from other silencing factors without changing the gene itself, raising hopes for a new treatment. The post Epigenome edits unmute MECP2 in Rett-like neurons appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

By Dr. Anton Shcherbakov, BCBA There are many reasons that kids can experience a delay in speech development. Sometimes it’s because of a neurodevelopment disorder, such as autism or intellectual disability. Other kids may have an oral-motor coordination or hearing problem. Regardless of the caus…