Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report

Recent Episodes

“ASADHD” – where does ASD and ADHD join together, and go their separate ways?

Posted February 16, 2020 • 00:15:05

One the surface, symptoms of ADHD and ASD may seem very similar. However, they come from very different places. The genetic and behavioral makeup...

This one’s for the girls

Posted February 9, 2020 • 00:17:43

In this week’s podcast, I semi-plagiarize from a recent summary of sex differences in ASD, written by Drs. Meng-Chuan Lai and Peter Szatmari from...

What works and does not work for wandering and sleep

Posted February 2, 2020 • 00:12:17

This week a new study showed that kids with autism wander as early as toddlers, so parents keep a close eye on your kids no matter what their age. Medications...

Genes genes all in an order, the ones you have, the greater risk of disorder

Posted January 27, 2020 • 00:16:10

This week, a special focus on genetics: what type, where do they come from, what do these genes do and how do they influence risk of a wide array...

CBT and ADDM – two acronyms in the autism news

Posted January 20, 2020 • 00:10:21

Two studies missed last year (sorry) but are of importance to the autism community include a modified version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to treat...