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Autism Risk Gene Linked to Sensory Overload
February 02, 2012
New research may explain how one autism gene produces sound hypersensitivities. More...
autism, Autism Speaks, autism spectrum disorder, Central Auditory Processing Disorder, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, Geraldine Dawson, Geri Dawson, Grants, John Elder Robison, Joseph Horrigan, PTEN, rapamycin, sensory issues, Tony Zador
In Support of the Caring for Military Kids with Autism Act
January 31, 2012
Remarks presented to Congress by Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, Ph.D. More...
autism, Autism Speaks, autism spectrum disorder, Caring for Military Kids with Autism Act, Geraldine Dawson, Geri Dawson, insurance coverage, John Larson, Kirsten Gillibrand
Infant Brain Activity Flags Autism Risk
January 26, 2012
In their first year of life, babies who later develop autism tend to show unusual brain responses when watching a moving image of a face that... More...
Alycia Halladay, autism, Autism Speaks, Baby Siblings Research Consortium, brain activity, Diagnosis, early diagnosis, Early Intervention, Mark Johnson, Mayada Elsabbagh, response to faces
More Evidence of Autism’s Financial Toll
January 25, 2012
A new study from the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities shows medical costs averaging six times higher for... More...
Autism Speaks Invites Research Grant Applications
January 19, 2012
Autism Speaks is launching its 2012 requests for grant applications in the areas of treatment and basic or clinical research. More...
basic research, clinical research, grant applications, Grants, RFA, treatment research
2012 Geier Grant in Environmental Research
January 13, 2012
Autism Speaks awards the first annual Philip and Faith Geier Autism Research Grant in Environmental Sciences to epidemiologist M. Daniele... More...
autism, Autism Speaks, Birth, Daniele Fallin, early childhood, Environmental Risk Factors, epigenetics, gene-environment interactions, methylation, Philip and Faith Geier Autism Research Grant in Environmental Sciences, Philip Geier, prenatal
Annual Letter from the Chief Science Officer
January 05, 2012
Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, Ph.D., recaps the major research advances that you, our supporters, made possible in 2011. More...
autism screening, Autism Treatment Network, Early Intervention, Funded Research, Geraldine Dawson, Geri Dawson, Global Autism Public Health Initiative, translational research, Treatment
Bioinformatics in Autism Research
January 04, 2012
Bioinformatics offers a powerful new approach for identifying genetic and environmental risk factors More...
autism, Autism Speaks, bioinformatics, Geraldine Dawson, Geri Dawson, NIEHS