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
Let’s talk about sex (and sexuality)
While certainly not a new topic of interest, the number of research studies and publications on the sexuality of people with autism has exploded in the past year. Research shows more people with autism reporting they don’t conform to traditional sexua...
Genes: the beginnings of autism treatment targets
This week’s podcast focuses on two studies that help illustrate why studying individuals with a specific genetic mutation, or animal models with a particular genetic mutation, are so important. MSSM researchers focused on individuals with FOXP1 Syndro...
The IACC has some ideas on how to spend money for research, and here they are
This week the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee or IACC, finalized next year’s strategic plan on autism research. This podcast explains what the IACC does, who serves on it, and also, what ideas they have for maximizing use of the research dol...
Pregnant and concerned about autism? Folic acid can help.
This week a bunch of new studies came out that focused on changes in probability of having a child with autism after folic acid consumption during pregnancy. Moderate consumption folic acid and slightly elevated levels of plasma folate during pregnanc...
Your taxpayer dollars at work in the Autism Centers for Excellence Awards
About two weeks ago, the National Institute of Health announced part of the government’s commitment to autism research through the ACE projects, or Autism Centers for Excellence. Highly competitive and intensely scrutinized,
The good, the bad and the ugly about medication use in ASD
This week’s podcast summarizes recent evidence on why there is good and bad in treating autism with medication, but there is also lots of ugly. While new medications are being developed and researchers are looking into new ways of measuring change acr...
More on that Korea Daily mess. Plus early detection of ASD does improve outcomes.
This podcast was going to be dedicated to new early detection research which shows what the USPSTF has been looking for – the link between early detection, early intervention, and improved outcomes in a community setting.
What is the microbiome and why should families with ASD care?
This week’s ASF Podcast is a special interview with Dr. Gil Sharon from CalTech, who studies the microbiome in animal models and potential link to ASD. The microbiome is the full community of bacteria that live in our bodies and outnumber cells 10-1.
This type of autism is not like the other – and here is data to show it
Identifying subtypes for autism and narrowing down the heterogeneity of symptoms has been considered the holy grail of autism research. If one person with autism is not like another person with autism, can they at least be put into groups to speed up ...
What does Labor Day mean for people with ASD?
Labor Day is a time to appreciate and honor all those people who work to make this world a better place. People with autism do that, but they also want to get paid and be employed just like anyone else. This Labor Day,