An algorithm that crunches data from brain scans to predict people’s performance on behavioral tasks is less accurate for Black Americans than for their white counterparts, according to a new study. The findings may reflect a lack of racial and ethnic diversity in imaging datasets used to train such…

Mice with mutations that affect the transport of a key cellular metabolite have altered neuronal and synapse structure and some autism-like traits, a pair of new studies show. The metabolite, called acetyl coenzyme A (acetyl-CoA), modulates a quality-control pathway inside the endoplasmic reticulum …

Controversial health policies in Texas and lingering concerns about COVID-19 have compelled some autism researchers to skip the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR) in Austin next month, the organization’s first in-person meeting in three years. In late February, T…

In celebration of Autism Acceptance Month, J.A. Tan is sharing these new works with viewers of the Art of Autism. By J.A. Tan “Work in Progress” series, 2022 I am working on this series that shows the many differences between and among people and the environment. I use different shapes to represent…

Welcome to April and #AutismAcceptanceMonth. The cover of Science on Friday hailed a milestone years in the making: The Telomere-to-Telomere Consortium has at last filled in nearly all of the gaps from the original Human Genome Project, adding about 200 megabases of genetic information, more than 1,…

Hello, and welcome to Spectrum Launch — where we bring you conversations and resources important to early-career autism researchers. Today we’re diving into discourse about postdoctoral salaries. Jennifer Silvers comes from a line of academic women, including her mother and maternal grandmother, who…

Happy World Autism Day! Throughout April (Autism Acceptance Month) The Art of Autism nonprofit will be sharing some of our favorite quotes on our Instagram and Facebook social media platforms. Please like our pages and join in the conversation. We encourage you to follow us and add your own favori…

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A new open-source algorithm stands to improve the reproducibility and depth of data collected from a marble-burying assay, which is commonly used to infer anxious or repetitive behaviors in autism mouse models. The tool automatically tracks a mouse’s movement, counts how many marbles it buries and r…

Happy Autism Acceptance Month. World Autism Awareness Day is Saturday, April 2! This month The Art of Autism looks at #ActuallyAutistic Instagram influencers you may want to follow. Do you know someone we should follow? Place your suggestions in the comments below. 1. Greta Thunberg Environmen…

Written By: Dana Reinecke, PhD, BCBA-D Two people examine some graphs together.  They discuss the trends and variability in one graph, and troubleshoot ways to improve the pattern so that the child engages in a higher rate of mands (requests for desired items), with the expectation that …

Being in an unfamiliar environment prompts social avoidance and increases repetitive behaviors in mice with two mutated copies of the autism-linked gene SHANK3, according to a new study — but not if the environment contains familiar objects or if the animals are raised in an enriched environment. Ce…

Welcome to Spectrum Index, a monthly newsletter that distills data from noteworthy autism studies into a series of quick statistics. Let us know what you think at niko@spectrumnews.org, and thanks for reading. 8: The percentage of participants in SPARK — a large genetic study of people with autism —…

The Art of Autism is collecting favorite quotes about autism from some of our favorite bloggers. Please share your own in the comments below. “If you’ve met one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.” – Dr. Stephen Shore. “What would happen if the…