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A potential biomarker to AID, not MAKE, a diagnosis

Posted January 30, 202300:35:55

The media has just called another biological marker a “diagnostic test”, when in this case, it was always intended to be an aid, not a test itself....

The true title should be: “A new open source screening tool to help detect autism”

Posted January 22, 202300:11:54

Many of the existing tools to identify autism cost money or are not specific for ASD, and they are hidden behind paywalls and are hard to obtain. ...

Can you say strengths and deficits at the same time?

Posted January 15, 202300:36:23

People tend to go towards a “strengths only” or “weaknesses only” approach to describing autism. But even if you think about a single aspect...

Some important discoveries of 2022

Posted January 8, 202300:25:47

It’s that time! The ASF Year of End Science Wrap-up was published in December, so it’s time to share it on the podcast. We cover everything from...

The full semantic toolbox referring to autism

Posted December 18, 202200:13:23

Last week a publication (see below) was published as a commentary in the journal Autism Research. It states that researchers, parents, clinicians,...