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Autism Speaks names Top Ten Autism Studies of 2017

January 02, 2018

Autism Speaks science staff and advisers review the 2017 studies that most powerfully advanced understanding, treatment and support for people on the autism spectrum

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Autism and Health: A Special Report by Autism Speaks

May 26, 2017

Advances in understanding and treating the physical and mental health conditions that frequently accompany autism

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Why we need universal autism screening - in the NY Times

September 08, 2015

Pediatrician/NYTimes blogger Aaron Carroll explains why the Preventive Services Task Force should change its equivocation to endorsement

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Understanding sex/gender differences in autism

June 15, 2015

Check out this new series of podcasts and open-access research papers on sex/gender differences in autism

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Study Links Delayed Cord Clamping to Improved Social & Motor Development

May 26, 2015

Immediate clamping of umbilical cord after birth associated with lower fine-motor and social skills at age 4, particularly in boys

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Largest-ever Autism Genome Study Finds Most Siblings Have Different Autism-Risk Genes

January 26, 2015

Surprising finding makes cover of Nature Medicine; study data becomes part of historic first upload to Autism Speaks MSSNG portal for open-access research

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Vitamin D and Autism: A Case Report of Improved Symptoms

December 15, 2014

Chinese doctors report apparent response to vitamin D in toddler with autism and call for clinical trial to evaluate safety and benefit

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Can Brainwave Test Improve Autism Diagnosis and Subtyping?

September 23, 2014

Study suggests that the brain activity of children affected by autism responds more slowly to sights and sounds; greater delays may predict autism severity

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