As U.S. immigration enforcement becomes stricter under the Trump administration, more immigrant families are cutting ties with healthcare services and other critical government programs, according to child advocates who work with such families. In Texas, researchers studying the issue say it’s a maj…

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Some links between sensory and motor brain networks are unusually weak in individuals with autism, according to a new study1. Other connections are enhanced, however, and their strength tracks with the severity of autism traits. The findings point to a possible neurological basis for sensory and mot…

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The building may be ready as early as fall 2020.Source: The Autism Site

Last week, Sam Blanco posted the first edition of ABA Journal Club. You can view that post here. This week, Dr. Cheryl Davis responds with some of her thoughts about the two articles. You can join the conversation on our Facebook page! Sam, thank you fo…

This Podcast Has Autism was created as a way to showcase individuals diagnosed on the autism spectrum, their successes and talents. Founders, Bran and Marci, want the public to know that autistics have dreams like everyone else. Individuals on the spectrum are just as talented as neurotypicals. Thei…

In this series of articles, we explore how clinical genetics is giving families long-sought answers and transforming autism care. The first story, “Why genetic testing matters for autistic people,” explains some of the factors that limit the availability of genetic tests in the United States. The se…

The brains of rats exposed in utero to the seizure drug valproate show a significant increase in brain size around the time of birth, a new study suggests1. Rats exposed to valproate in this way are used as a rodent model of autism. The study is the first to explore how brain structure changes durin…

This is despicable.Source: The Autism Site

The finding was based on a study of 155 kids who were asked to play an optical illusion game.Source: The Autism Site

In July 2015, more than three dozen researchers gathered in a bland hotel meeting room in Orlando, Florida, for the first day of a science conference on dup15q syndrome. This condition, which results from a duplication of a portion of chromosome 15, causes epilepsy, intellectual disability and autis…

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Traits associated with autism and gender variance co-occur even among typical children, a new study suggests1. The finding may ease some of the skepticism about the overlap between autism and gender nonconformity. In a commentary published earlier this month, two physicians questioned whether the li…