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What treatments are lacking sufficient evidence for autism?

Posted June 4, 2017

This week two new publications reported on systematic reviews for nutritional and sensory treatments for ASD.  This means the existing research was...

Memorial Day Memoriam: Isabelle Rapin

Posted May 28, 2017

This week, autism lost a pioneer and advocate for autism research:  Isabelle Rapin, MD, a neurologist from New York’s Albert Einstein University....

A new understanding of autism genetics

Posted May 22, 2017

Lots of people tend to think of the genetics of disorders or disease about one mutation or genetic variation that is inherited from the mother or the...

The IMFAR wrap-up titled “Heterogeneity in autism: we aren’t going to take it anymore”

Posted May 14, 2017

This week’s International Meeting for Autism Research was filled with important presentations on the multiple causes of autism, interventions, diagnosis,...

Internet addiction is a real thing and it is worse in kids with autism

Posted May 7, 2017

Two studies of importance came out this week.  The first looked at the interactive effects of genetic mutations called copy number variations and air...