Autistic women’s activity in a ‘social’ brain region tracks with the extent to which they mask their autism, according to a new study1. Their activity in this and another social brain region when they reflect on themselves or others resembles that of their typical peers. Men with autism, by contrast…

"He just wanted to be loved and accepted and love others."Source: The Autism Site

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Children with autism tend to gain weight rapidly in infancy and to have high levels of the fat hormone leptin, according to a new study1. Other studies have tied rapid weight gain in infancy to autism. And a 2008 study reported unusually high levels of leptin in 70 children with autism2. The new stu…

The product has been sold at CVS, Walmart, and Family Dollar.Source: The Autism Site

To understand another person’s point of view, children with autism need to actively suppress their own, a new study suggests1. People with autism struggle with theory of mind — the ability to guess others’ thoughts and feelings. This may contribute to their social difficulties. The new work hints at…

SignGlasses, a company based out of Salt Lake City, UT, is changing the way deaf students interact with sign language interpreters and professors in classrooms. SignGlasses offers a pair of glasses that show a miniature video of the sign language interpreter on one side of the lenses signing in rea…

The Harvey family finally tried Autism Swim, and it made a world of difference!Source: The Autism Site

The Discriminative Stimulus is defined as a stimulus in the presence of which a particular response will be reinforced (Malott, 2007, Principles of Behavior). SD is just ABA speak for the demand, instruction, or the event/stimulus that serves as a signal to someone that there is …

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A new microscope creates images of a mouse embryo as it grows from a ball of about 100 cells to a structure with a primitive heart and brain1. From these images, researchers were able to compile an atlas showing where thousands of cells begin and end up in this process. The resource could help scien…

You probably don't think about your earwax too often. You might clean your ears out every once in a while, but you may not know that your earwax can reveal certain health problems. Source: The Autism Site

8 teachers and 5 children were in the building at the time.Source: The Autism Site

Everyone seems to be talking about how to increase the rigor, reproducibility and transparency of science. One interesting effort is registered reports, a type of journal article in which researchers submit their experimental protocol for peer review before doing the experiments. The idea is that so…