The Autism Science Foundation Weekly Science Podcast is a summary of the latest research in autism spectrum disorders. This podcast will discuss new science, research discoveries, meetings and discussions, news reports, and other information important to those affected by autism especially families.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 1 day 11 hours 54 minutes
Managing real life autism situations.
Compared to researchers, community clinicians don’t have time for the same rigorous training on the standard autism diagnostic instrument called the ADOS, so can they still do it as well? Or does this group not have the resources they need to use it p...
The triple crown of autism research gatherings
Three important meetings of researchers took place this week. First, the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee, or IACC, met for the first time in over a year to discuss the coordination of private and federal efforts in autism research and advoca...
Someone please determine the real prevalence of autism.
Media coverage of the new CDC study focused on the new study which used a telephone survey for another prevalence estimate of autism. This one closer to 2% or 1 in 45. The study is far from perfect, but it does beg the question: what is the REAL num...
Is ADHD part of the spectrum diagnosis of ASD?
A recent study examining some people who lost an autism diagnosis (and were possibly reclassified) reinvigorates the idea that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder may be on the autism spectrum. It shouldn’t be part of a valid ASD diagnosis,
Treatments for social reward in autism: inject it, snort it, or possibly smoke it.
This week saw two new studies on the “love hormone” called oxytocin. In the first, the IV drip for oxytocin is replaced by a nasal spray. The results are mild and focused on one type of symptom, but exciting and promising nonetheless.
What if it isn’t autism?
Many times signs and symptoms of autism may be seen prior to 3 years of age, but a diagnosis is not made. It may not be autism, but what is it? Studying children at risk for developing ASD but then don’t go on to receive a diagnosis gives researchers...
Sisters, sisters, there never were such devoted sisters
A special podcast this week on the Autism Sisters Project, in partnership with Icahn School of Medicine. I talk about how the idea came about, what ASF is doing to help find out what sisters can contribute to the science of autism,
A traditional strategy in autism intervention may be hurting not helping.
Two interesting studies this week. The first from researchers studying a learning strategy called repetition. As it turns out, it may impair the ability for people with autism to generalize what they learn into new situations,
Moving away from genes OR environment towards genes AND environment
On Thursday October 1st, Autism Science Foundation, Autism Speaks and the Escher Fund for Autism co-organized an online symposium which examined the possibility that early mutations in cells that pass along genetic information from generation to genera...
Early Germline Events in the Heritable Etiology of ASDs
On October 1st, Autism Science Foundation, Autism Speaks and the Escher Fund for Autism co-organized a webinar entitled “Early Germline Events in the Heritable Etiology of ASDs”. The goal was to bring together researchers who study the germline (the s...