Iama Therapeutics is hoping a new class of molecule will prove successful against an old target in autism. The post Building a better drug appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

By Nils Skudra One of the most compelling musical films that relates to neurodiversity and social anxiety is Dear Evan Hansen, a 2021 adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical about an isolated high school senior who becomes the motivational force behind a campaign for mental health awareness fol…

By: Tameika Meadows, BCBA from I Love ABA “This is hard” is a statement I often hear from families both in the midst of intervention, and pre-intervention during the assessment phase. Families without support and services find it hard helping their Autistic child navigate the world…

Their plans stand to improve how autistic children from racial or ethnic minorities are evaluated. The post Neuropsychologists launch efforts to diversify field appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Two groups are working to increase representation among neuropsychology researchers, in part to improve behavioral assessments for autism. The post <em>Spectrum</em> Launch: Neuropsychology’s diversity problem; the true cost of a postdoc; a bevy of job posts appeared first on Spectrum | …

A standard questionnaire can help identify social (pragmatic) communication disorder more readily in school-age children. The post Social-pragmatic difficulties common with autism, other diagnoses appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The code may help scientists identify people with the autism-linked condition and recruit them into clinical trials. The post New diagnostic code for PTEN syndrome may spur research appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

Jake always loved to bring coffee to his dad at his record store in Norristown, PA. As his interest in coffee grew, he started researching the process of making coffee and learned about all the types of beans, blends, temperatures, and milk needed to make good coffee. When the pandemic hit and the r…

Highlights this week include two gene studies — one on the role of autism-linked genes in developing interneurons and another on the genetic origins of overlapping autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. The post Community Newsletter: Assembloids, autism-ADHD overlap, calcium signaling …

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 26 September. The post Spotted around the web: Motor skills, mosaic mutations, emergency preparedness appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

After a brain transplant of reprogrammed human cells, the animals can for the first time recapitulate some neuronal changes seen in people with fragile X syndrome. The post Fragile X neurons develop atypically in chimeric mice appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

By Mariela Vargas-Irwin, PSYD, BCBA-D, LABA, Executive Director of ABLS Every day was hard with 5-year-old Tony. He would purposely find ways to annoy others and just did not seem to respond to consequences. The school tested him and said that there was nothing wrong; in fact, they said he was gi…

People with the autism-linked syndrome lack a protein implicated in several cancers, but it’s unclear whether — or how — they are protected from malignancies. The post The cloudy connection between fragile X and cancer appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spec…

Sylvia Yu is an 18-year-old Southern California based artist who at the age of 3 was diagnosed with autism. Sylvia Yu “Beauty” Early Art Sylvia had trouble interacting socially yet she was able to connect with the world through her wonderful artistic creations. She deals with life’s s…