There’s nothing better than a good book. And when a children’s book is smart, clever, and can captivate my adult heart, I’m excited to share it with my network. The Girl Who Thought in Pictures is all that and more. Written by Julia Finley Mosca and published by the boutique publis…

A widely used screening test for autism is more accurate in children at 24 months of age than at 18 months, according to three new studies1,2,3. The results suggest that clinicians need a more finely tuned screen for children younger than 20 months. Parents in the United States typically complete th…

This Spectrum journal club will focus on two papers published this year that explore the role of mosaic mutations in autism. Rebecca Barnard, a postdoctoral researcher in Brian O’Roak’s lab at Oregon Health and Science University, will describe results from their paper “Exonic mosaic mutations contr…

This ad is making the rounds, again.Source: The Autism Site

Losing a spouse is heartbreaking in many ways.Source: The Autism Site

The first Australian national guidelines for diagnosing autism were released for public consultation last week. The report by the research group Autism CRC was commissioned and funded by Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in October 2016. The NDIS has taken over the runnin…

Learning, memory and social behaviors all hinge on the tight control of messages passed between brain cells at junctions called synapses. This communication depends on proteins at these synapses that allow neurons to respond appropriately to signals, such as developmental programs and environmental …

John has PDD-NOS, and he smashes some common stigmas about autism. Source: The Autism Site

You never dreamed it would be like this. Now how do you make it stop?Source: The Autism Site

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By Megan Amodeo What happens after the diagnosis? You may feel relief immediately after you and your family receive a diagnosis. I know I was incredibly relieved after both of my daughters were diagnosed. It solidified my suspicions and took away the burden of not knowing what to do or how to help m…

A popular U.S. federal-state program that provides health coverage to millions of children in lower- and middle-class families is up for renewal 30 September. But in a deeply divided Congress facing such pressing concerns as extending the nation’s debt ceiling, finding money for the Hurricane Harvey…

Monkeys missing SHANK3, a top autism gene, have too few neurons in the prefrontal cortex, a brain region involved in planning and social behavior, suggests a new study1. The work points to a previously unknown — and crucial — role for the gene in neurogenesis, the process by which neurons are formed…

Kerry Fenster talks about music and his program Songs About Us Music is the ultimate entity in any context. It’s a universal language, like math, or love – understood, beloved, treasured, played, performed, and enjoyed across every piece of this world. People in love have “their song”, armies have…