Starting over: A child who fled Ukraine with her family attends school in Romania. The war in Ukraine has displaced millions of children, including those with autism, who now need services in unfamiliar countries. Two months ago, a two-story peach-colored building with a playground housed a kindergarten for 30 autistic children in Kyiv, Ukraine. But […]
Many autistic people with a serious or life-threatening condition do not seek medical care, according to a new study. The most common health-care barriers include difficulties in communicating with physicians or making appointments by telephone. “For me, as a physician, to realize that patients are sitting at home with medically serious conditions, unable to access […]
Illustration by Laurenne Boglio Tweets in the autism research sphere during the first week of March have come in like a lion, roaring — over gaps in clinical care for autistic people, gaps in understanding and gaps in evidence. Mary Doherty, founder of Autistic Doctors International and a consultant anesthetist at Our Lady’s Hospital in […]
For any parents who have had people ask them “are autistic children violent?”, this article offers a mom and life coach’s perspective on what so-called violence truly is and how to manage it in the context of autism. I knew this day was going to be rough, but nothing could have prepared me for what […]
research roundup Next-generation sequencing methods appear to yield more gene variants linked to neurodevelopmental conditions than does chromosomal microarray. Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases Focusing on determinants of health in autism, rather than on biological mechanisms or clinical medicine, may better identify and address gaps in research and improve the lives of autistic people. AutismResearch […]
Little lag: Autistic children with language regression begin speaking in phrases at about the same age as those without regression. Pixel Effect / iStock Autistic children who show language regression — a loss of language skills in early childhood — do not necessarily have communication problems later on, a new study finds. In fact, in […]
Illustration by Laurenne Boglio Hello and welcome to the Community Newsletter! I’m your host, Chelsey B. Coombs, Engagement Editor of Spectrum. Twitter this week served up some practical tips on how to make magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) more comfortable for autistic people. Strategies in the literature could lead to new training materials for clinicians and […]
Illustration by Laurène Boglio Hello and welcome to the community newsletter! I am your host, Chelsey B. Coombs, the engagement editor of Spectrum. The first study, which sparked an online exchange this week, looked at the association between autism characteristics and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in adults aged 50 and over who scored high on […]
Realize this: The brain’s response to this visual stimulus could reveal which autistic people can benefit most from the investigational drug arbaclofen. publisher’s Note This article was originally published on May 14, 2021, based on preliminary results presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Autism Research. We updated the article in Science […]
Singer and songwriter Kevin Whelan has always made music, especially in the 90s and early 2000s when he sang and played bass for an indie rock band called The Wrens. But although The Wrens released their last album, The Meadowlands, to almost universal acclaim in 2003, the New Jersey band never released another album. They […]
We love it when internet users come together to set the record and hit the hammer on the most skilled idiots like this one. Get ready to be angry about this story at the same time and also to be warm and hazy inside when you hear how people reacted. Recently, a bride-to-be turned to […]
The parents of a girl with autism are understandably desperate after their daughter dies. The girl died of sepsis after the couple said doctors missed “several opportunities” to help her. Rachel and Luke Bradford first took their daughter Coco Rose Bradford to the emergency room after she had fluids, bloody stools and could not hold […]
