The film is part of a special series by Pixar called SparkShorts.Source: The Autism Site

Another year of rapid growth and development at Autistry! We have grown so quickly that I only just realized it has been a year since the last newsletter. The silence is not from lack of cool news to report – more like lack of time to report it! New students – Fall semester 2019 we supported 20 stud…

The post Spotted around the web: Week of 18 November 2019 appeared first on Spectrum | Autism Research News. Source: Spectrum News

A new technique uses ultrasound instead of light to detect gene expression in cells 1. Researchers can use the technique to label cultured cells and detect them via a basic ultrasound device. They could eventually use it to track cells that express certain genes — such as autism candidates — that ha…

RSV can be extremely dangerous — and potentially deadly — among those with weakened or underdeveloped immune systems, including preemies, the elderly, and newborns who have not yet been exposed to germs or vaccinated.Source: The Autism Site

Adults with autism are more than twice as likely as neurotypical people to be diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, a new study suggests1. Their non-autistic siblings are also more likely than the general population to receive an anxiety diagnosis. The study is among the largest to probe the prevalenc…

The bags don't cost much, either.Source: The Autism Site

Wawa now employs roughly 500 people with special needs. Source: The Autism Site

This month’s ASAT feature comes to us from Heyde Ramirez, MA, BCBA, LBA and Maria Pantelides, MA, BCBA, LBA. To learn more about ASAT, please visit their website at www.asatonline.org. You can also sign up for ASAT’s free newsletter, Science in Autism Treatment, and like them on Facebook! You can re…

By Christa Holmans, Neurodivergent Rebel I had the immense privilege of being diagnosed autistic at the age of twenty-nine. Outsiders may not understand why I say this event was a privilege. Why would I be happy about receiving a diagnosis that will stay with me for the rest of my life? Because that…

Blocking one form of an enzyme implicated in autism eases unusual behaviors and seizures in mice missing a top autism gene, according to a new study1. The results point to a possible new target for autism therapies. The mice lack a gene called PTEN. Like many people who have a mutation in PTEN, the …

Children born with low blood levels of vitamin D have 33 percent increased odds of autism compared with those born with high levels. Researchers presented the unpublished results today at the 2018 International Society for Autism Research annual meeting in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The results com…

Dollar Tree has 15 business days to respond to the FDA's demands.Source: The Autism Site

The average 4-year-old weighs about 40 pounds.Source: The Autism Site