Our Science Data-Meister Reflects on the Big Picture
Posted by Dusan Bosnjakovic, director of research information systems for Autism Speaks Autism Genetic Resource Exchange On a day to day basis, I can get so immersed in the mechanics, data and details...
View ArticleUpdated Searchable Grants Search Now Online
Today we launched a consolidated grant search engine on autismspeaks.org that contains all of the research and community grants that we have funded since 2006. This comprehensive search gives our...
View ArticleAutism Boom: An Epidemic of Disease or Discovery?
Today’s “Got Questions?” answer is from Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, Ph.D. Earlier this week, the LA Times ran a provocative article under the questioning headline above. It...
View ArticleCan Topotecan Relieve Angelman Syndrome?
Posted by Eileen Braun, executive director of the Angelman Syndrome Foundation, and Joe Horrigan, M.D., Autism Speaks assistant vice president and head of medical research Today brings the publication...
View ArticleMusic as a Path to Language in Autism
Today’s guest blog post is from Gottfried Schlaug, MD, PhD, director of the Music and Neuroimaging Laboratory and associate professor of neurology at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard...
View ArticleCommentary on the LA Times Series on Autism
Posted by Autism Speaks scientific advisory board member Irva Hertz-Picciotto, PhD, MPH. As an epidemiologist at the University of California-Davis MIND Institute, Hertz-Picciotto studies exposures to...
View ArticleTranscript of Today’s Office Hours Webchat
Office Hours Webchat with Geri Dawson and Joe Horrigan Jan 5. Thanks to the more than 200 readers who joined us. As time allowed answering just a portion of more than 100 questions, we hope you’ll...
View ArticleHow common are anxiety disorders in people with autism, and are there...
This week’s “Got Questions” answer comes from Rob Ring, PhD, Autism Speaks vice president of translational research. Without question, anxiety is a real and serious problem for many people on the...
View ArticleThe Year in Review from Autism Speaks’ Chief Science Officer
Dear friends, When I was a college student starting to explore autism research, one of the first studies I read provided strong evidence that autism was mostly a genetic condition. That study, by...
View ArticleAll Children Deserve Access to Communication
Guest post by Connie Kasari, Ph.D., Center for Autism Research & Treatment, UCLA Semel Institute ABC 20/20 recently aired a tragic story that brings up anew the controversy surrounding the...
View ArticleThank You for Supporting our Pioneering Research
Guest post by epidemiologist Daniele Fallin, PhD, of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health My work focuses on autism and understanding how genes and environments interplay to cause this...
View ArticleI am a 26 years old with autism and many attention-seeking behaviors. What...
Today’s “Got Questions?” answer comes from Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, PhD Thanks so much for your question. There are many reasons why a person with autism would engage in many...
View ArticleInfectious Behavior: The Brain-Immune Connection
The interconnectedness of the brain and immune system has become a fascinating new field of research, not only in autism but also schizophrenia and even depression. It can be complex stuff. But...
View ArticleInternational Conference on Autism in Ireland
University President James Browne welcomes attendees. Posted by Simon Wallace, Autism Speaks director of scientific development for Europe A fine mist was rolling in off the Atlantic as we made our way...
View ArticleWhat is epigenetics, and what does it have to do with autism?
This week’s “Got Questions?” answer comes from Alycia Halladay, PhD, Autism Speaks director of research for environmental sciences If you’ve been following autism research in recent years, you have...
View ArticleThe Changing Definition of Autism: Critical Issues Ahead
Posted by Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, PhD. Many in our community are understandably concerned that a planned revision of the medical definition of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) by...
View ArticleAutism and Associated Medical Conditions
Guest post by epidemiologist Laura Schieve, Ph.D., of the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In recent years, several...
View ArticleI’ve been reading news reports that it might be possible to detect autism by...
This week’s “Got Questions?” answer is from Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, Ph.D. In recent days, you may have read media stories about research showing that typically developing...
View ArticleAdults with Autism: Sharing Ideas, Filling the Gaps
Guest post by Merope Pavlides, editor of AutismAfter16.com, author of Animal-assisted Interventions for Individuals with Autism and mom to two sons, one of whom is on the autism spectrum. Autism is not...
View ArticleGot Questions? The Doctors Will Be In!
Please join us Thursday Feb. 2nd for “The Doctors Are In!” the next in our ongoing series of monthly webchats co-hosted by Autism Speaks Chief Science Officer Geri Dawson, Ph.D., and our Assistant...
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