Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Report

Recent Episodes

The extra benefit of caregiver mediated interventions

Posted August 12, 2019 • 00:11:56

This week, a new systematic review published by researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute looked at the existing evidence around caregiver (parent)...

How to get and keep a job – from those that know

Posted August 4, 2019 • 00:16:18

There are many different factors that go into successful employment for people with and without autism. As part of the ASF policy brief on employment,...

Genes, environment and heritability: why does it matter?

Posted July 21, 2019 • 00:10:40

This week a 5 country collaboration including the largest number of people EVER revealed 80% of the causes of autism are heritable. This is incredibly...

Understanding the brains of people with autism with Daniel Geschwind, MD, PhD

Posted July 14, 2019 • 01:01:55

This week’s ASF podcast is a special treat – Dr. Daniel Geschwind from UCLA provides an understanding of the brains of people with autism, focusing...

If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere: preparing early interventions for the community

Posted July 7, 2019 • 00:11:53

This week two groups of heroes of autism research published studies that may not be the type of major breakthrough that the media reports on, but they...