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• A Rapidly Moving Field: Recent Findings in Infant and Toddler Interventions for...

  

  By Jessica BradshawAs an Autism Science Foundation predoctoral fellow, I had the privilege of pursuing the answers to fascinating questions about the developmen... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2015 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Confused About the New Autism Risk Findings and IVF? A New Blog Talks to an...

  

  By Alycia Halladay, PhDEarlier this week a study came out which examined the risk of autism after in vitro fertilization, or IVF. Data was pulled from Californi... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2015 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Putting a New Developmental Perspective into Autism

  

  By Emily L. Casanova, Ph.D. & Manuel F. Casanova, M.D.Across many different fields of study, evidence is emerging that autism is a disorder caused by... Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2015 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Whole Genome Sequencing: The Next Stage of Understanding Risk?

  

  A perspective by Lonnie Zwaigenbaum, MDWith recurrence risk estimated as high as 20%, there are many families with more than one child with autism spectrum... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2015 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• A Look Back at the Science of Autism 2014

  

  Alycia Halladay, PhD, Chief Science Officer2014 was a big year for autism research, and there have been a number of perspectives on the science of autism in... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2015 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• More Evidence That Behavioral Therapy for ASD Affects Brain Function

  

  Pam Ventola, PhD Yale UniversityThis week we published a paper on the brain-based responses to a behavioral treatment for ASD, Pivotal Response Treatment (PRT). Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Different Types of ASDs: What Do Co-Occurring Conditions Have to Do With It?

  By Alycia Halladay, PhD ASF Chief Science OfficerIf you missed it, on Tuesday the workgroup on Under-Recognized Co-Occurring Conditions in ASD of the Interagenc... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Dr. Klaus Libertus, ASF Grantee, Discusses “Sticky Mittens” Study: Studying the...

  

  by Klaus Libertus, PhD Research Associate at the Learning Research and Development Center University of PittsburghIn a study published this week in the journal... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• New Blog “Inspectrum” About the World of Severe Autism, Hosted by Psychology...

  Amy Lutz, author of “Each Day I Like It Better: Autism, ECT, and the Treatment of Our Most Impaired Children” and president of the EASI Foundation, introduces... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• 24-Hour Livestream Gaming Event Raises Over $16,000 for ASF

  On July 2, 2014, Rikki Cabler of Sullivan, Indiana hosted the second annual RJC Memorial Charity 24-Hour Livestream. This 24-hour online-gaming event united... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Should We Believe the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Autism...

  Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice has published an important and interesting new editorial by Dr. David Mandell and Dr. Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Costs of Autism Spectrum Disorders in the United Kingdom and the United States

  Having an accurate estimate of the economic cost of autism has many implications for service and system planning. The most recent estimates are almost a decade... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• IMFAR 2014: A Refreshing Refocusing

  By Rachel ZamzowThe International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) in Atlanta, GA brought together 1,800 scientists, clinicians, sponsors and stakeholders fo... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Thoughts on World Autism Awareness Day

  By Peter Hotez, M.D., Ph.D. Founding Dean, National School of Tropical Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital Endowed Chair in Tropical Pediatrics Today is the... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Hilibrand Autism Symposium: Carving a Place in the World for Young Adults With...

  Every adult wants to lead a meaningful life, and individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are no different. More and more, people with ASD are working,... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• CDC: 1 in 68 Children Has an Autism Spectrum Disorder

  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today reported that 1 in 68 children is diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder. Read more

  Posted on 27 March 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• A Night at the MRI Machine

  Mike Morse10:15pm. It’s Friday night, and I have dozed off in a hallway of the Psychology Department at NYU, sitting in a chair across from a sign that says... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Autism Science Foundation Offers Travel Awards for the 2014 International Meetin...

  Funds will enable parents, teachers, students, individuals with autism and other stakeholders to attend leading autism research conference(January 7, 2014—New... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• New Publication Addresses Individuals Severely Affected by Autism

  Editors Matthew Siegel, MD and Bryan King, MD recently released a new publication,  Acute Management of Autism Spectrum Disorders, An Issue of Child and... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2013 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Attention to Eyes is Present but in Decline in 2–6-Month-old Infants Later...

  Yesterday, in a publication in Nature, scientists showed that it is possible to identify markers of autism in the first 6 months of life, much before children... Read more

  Posted on 07 November 2013 HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY