Changes to the DSM-5’s diagnostic criteria for autism were meant to add clarity, but instead they generated new questions. SourceSource: Spectrum News

This month’s issue of Going on Trial takes a sneak peek at some early null results from a small trial of a cannabidiol-based drug for autism, among other recent drug developments. SourceSource: Spectrum News

A careful clinician who prizes evidence, Jeremy Veenstra-VanderWeele is happy to embrace trial failures, as long as he learns from them. SourceSource: Spectrum News

A potential threat to the integrity of data collected online and an analysis of the structure and function of dopamine receptors caught researchers’ attention on social media this week. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 22 May. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Autistic people tend to drop out of Medicaid once they reach adulthood in states that don’t waive the income restrictions on enrollment. SourceSource: Spectrum News

The drug clemastine and other compounds that fortify the protective sheath around neurons may prove therapeutic for some genetic neurodevelopmental conditions. SourceSource: Spectrum News

The paper marks the second retraction for one of the co-authors. SourceSource: Spectrum News

These scores — composite measures of a person’s autism-linked common genetic variants — cannot predict an autism diagnosis but could help researchers better understand the condition’s underlying biology. SourceSource: Spectrum News

The papers were flagged by a method that has now been called into question. SourceSource: Spectrum News

This week on social media, scientists discussed a new tool to quantify motion in 3D and responded to the announcement of the launch of Imaging Neuroscience. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Here is a roundup of news and research for the week of 15 May. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Few studies have tracked how brain structure and function change across adulthood in people with autism. Carper and her colleagues are collecting data to fill this gap. SourceSource: Spectrum News

Experiments offer clues to why certain mutations are associated with autism in some people and not others. SourceSource: Spectrum News