Screening skew: Autistic people with a below-average IQ can be more easily recognized by clinicians. FatCamera / Getty Images More than half of autistic people in the United States have average or above average intelligence quotient (IQ), an increase from previous estimates, a new longitudinal study of children in Minnesota suggests. The increase could reflect […]
Illustration by Laurène Boglio Hello and welcome to the community newsletter! I am your host, Chelsey B. Coombs, the engagement editor of Spectrum. Our first Twitter thread this week is from Kristen Bottema-Beutel, an associate professor at Boston College in Massachusetts. Her new study on autism looked at the interactions between autistic children and their […]
