Prenatal exposure to topiramate increases a child’s autism odds, according to the study that prompted the inquiry, but experts caution that pregnant people with epilepsy have few other options for controlling seizures. The post U.K. health authority investigates epilepsy drug’s link to autism …

Showing an association is not enough to determine causation. The post Studies investigating link between screen time and autism must improve appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

When we look at storage space in our immediate environment, it’s mostly horizontal in the form of cabinets, shelves, and tabletop surfaces. More often than not, we clutter these spaces and finding items in an unorganized space can cause frustrations and ultimately impact our physical and mental well…

A short time ago on Twitter feeds not so far, far away, a new voltage sensor called JEDI-2P (no, it’s not a lightsaber) had users jawing like Jawas, while other threads featured talk of mental health interventions and sex biases in autism research. The post Community Newsletter: Novel biosenso…

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 22 August. The post Spotted around the web: Virtual reality, mu rhythm, ‘tortured phrases’ appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

The two psychologists share tips to help autism researchers adopt established methods and make their work more transparent and reproducible. The post Open science in autism research: A chat with Amy Pearson and Daniel Poole appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

“My little cousin was diagnosed with autism at 2 years old and ever since I’ve been watching him grow up into this little amazing man. I recently wrote a poem about his special gifts.” – Alayna Kurland Camelio By Alayna Kurland Autism isn’t a disease, it’s my little cousin, Camelio, havi…

Roche’s gene therapy drug Rugonersen boosts expression of the protein missing in the syndrome in mice and monkeys, but whether it works in people remains to be seen. The post Promising preclinical results prompt Angelman therapy trial appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: …

By Kris McElroy Back-to-school time is a huge transition time full of different emotions and to-do tasks. As a autistic parent with chronic illness & disabilities, there is an excitement mixed with anxiety, stress, and overwhelm as we prepare for the fall season kickoff of work and our 2 year o…

By Rose Griffin, Reposted from ABASpeech.org Setting IEP goals for autistic learners can be incredibly difficult, especially when you’re working with emerging communicators. At the beginning of my career, assessment tools were limited and I found out along the way the goals I set for my stude…

Many brain regions develop differently between people with 22q11.2 duplications and deletions, and those trajectories also vary with a person’s diagnosis. The post Chromosome 22 mutations leave telltale marks on brain development in autistic people appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research …

This month, a commonly used emotion-recognition test doesn’t perform as expected — nor does a survey of past efforts to train autism specialists or a hunt for the sources of the sleep problems that often accompany the condition. The post Null and Noteworthy: Mind reading, specialist shor…

What these genes do and how they affect autism depends on when in development they’re studied, despite what classic ‘gene ontology’ analyses say. The post ‘Double duty’ autism-linked genes upend conventional characterizations appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Sourc…

Researchers have long studied subgroups of people who share genetic variants, but the newly formed ‘CNV Commission’ is also looking at people with shared traits across different neurodevelopmental conditions. The post Lumping versus splitting with autism-linked variants: A conversation with Vanessa…