Autism

Press Release: The Autism Society of America Invites You to #CelebrateDifferences during April’s Autism Acceptance Month
April 7, 2022
This April, the Autism Society works to #CelebrateDifferences for Autism Acceptance Month, recognizing the array of experiences within the Autism community and emphasizing the need for equitable access to support, services and resources.
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Capitol Connection: March 10, 2022
April 7, 2022
In this issue of Capitol Connection, find registration information for the Disability Policy Seminar and Community Connections. Updates regarding appropriations and the State of the Union are also included. Please continue to use Autism Society’s ...
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Register for Community Connections: Vaccine Accessibility with Emily Voorde
April 7, 2022
Through its Vaccine Education Initiative (VEI), the Autism Society aspires to promote vaccine education and confidence in order to increase Covid-19 vaccination rates in the Autism community. Our ...
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Register for Community Connections: Developmental Disabilities Act
April 7, 2022
March is Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month. In recognition of this designation, please join us for our webisode with Nicole LeBlanc, Autistic self-advocate and long time leader for equity, opportunity, and inclusion, and Erin Prangley, Director of Public Policy at the National Asso...
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Biases skew behavioral predictions from brain scans
April 7, 2022
An algorithm that crunches data from brain scans to predict people’s performance on behavioral tasks is less accurate for Black Americans than for their white counterparts, according to a new study. The fin...
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Null and Noteworthy: An ineffective therapy and an effective biomarker
April 7, 2022
A March Nature paper created a stir for suggesting that many neuroimaging studies are too small to reliably link brain structure and function to behavior — a cornerstone of autism research. In Spectrum’s coverage of the study, lead investigator ...
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Autism and menopause: Q&A with Rachel Moseley and Julie Turner-Cobb
April 7, 2022
Menopause poses significant challenges for autistic people, according to a ...
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Unfamiliar surroundings bring out autism-like behaviors, brain circuit changes in model mice
April 7, 2022
Being in an unfamiliar environment prompts social avoidance and increases repetitive behaviors in mice with two mutated copies of the autism-linked gene ...
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Spectrum Launch: Postdoc salaries, tenure clocks and a writing hack
April 7, 2022
Hello, and welcome to Spectrum Launch — where we bring you conversations and resources important to early-career autism researchers. Today we’re diving into discourse about postdoctoral salaries.
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Open-source algorithm automates common marble-burying assay
April 7, 2022
A new open-source algorithm stands to improve the reproducibility and depth of data collected from a marble-burying assay, which is commonly used to infer anxious or repetitive be...
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