A new trick involving a virus gives the CRISPR enzyme system the ability to edit the genome of a neuron more predictably than was previously possible1. The technique enables researchers to target any brain area in mice of any age. The researchers described the approach 15 November in Neuron. Genome …

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This video explains consent in a simple, visual way that kids can understand.Source: The Autism Site

Male mice with a genetic variant tied to autism have learning difficulties that females with the variant do not, a new study suggests1. The mice are missing a stretch of DNA on chromosome 16 called 16p11.2. About 30 percent of people with the deletion have autism. The male mice also show sex-specifi…

Scientists and administrators are up in arms about the tax reform bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on 16 November. A provision in the bill dramatically boosts the amount of money graduate students would have to pay in taxes. The move could effectively make academic research an unaffo…

This video explains consent in a simple, visual way that kids can understand.Source: The Autism Site

Jenny McLaughlan adapted the product to work for kids who stim at school.Source: The Autism Site

For two weeks in September 2010, I sat with a team of Ethiopian mental health experts inside a hotel in Addis Ababa, drafting materials for a new health and education training program for rural community health workers. The program would provide community health workers with an additional year of tr…

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“My greatest struggle with autism was not having meaningful relationships but being gainfully employment. November is National Entrepreneurship month and I interviewed Dr. Rosalind Bergemann an author, Chair of the Board of Asperger’s Leadership, and Harvard Business School Postgraduate,”…

When occurrences of bullying take place, remember that you're not alone. There are other people, resources, and even legal recourse to help you resolve the issue.Source: The Autism Site

Which do you think is the truth?Source: The Autism Site

By Becca Lory, CAS, BCCS I’m running on fumes. My battery is low. I’m almost out of spoons. All of those are ways to say, I need to take time to recharge. Everyone knows how that feels. It’s not “a spectrum thing”. It becomes a spectrum thing when the boundaries of what recharge is and how often a r…

The prevalence of autism continues to increase across the United States, regardless of socioeconomic class, according to a new study1. Overall, black and Hispanic children are less likely than their white peers to have an autism diagnosis. The findings highlight persistent racial disparities in auti…