Autism spectrum disorder and early-life stress converge on systemic hyperexcitability and stress epigenetics

After sibling analysis, acid-suppressing medications did not link with autism, ADHD, or OCD

Age-specific DNA methylation alterations in sperm at imprint control regions may contribute to the risk of autism spectrum disorder in offspring

Autism shows elevated brain glutamine on 7T MRS, consistent with presumably increased glutamine–glutamate cycling, indicating greater glutamate turnover and recycling demand in adults

Autism hasn't increased

A recent randomized clinical trial found autistic adults who participated in mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) experienced significantly greater reductions in perceived stress, anxiety and depression compared to those receiving treatment as usual.

Based on more than 200,000 births in Southern California between 2006 and 2014, a new study suggests that exposure to wildfire smoke during the third trimester of pregnancy is associated with a higher likelihood of an autism diagnosis in children by age five.

Efficacy and effectiveness of robot-assisted therapy for autism spectrum disorder: From lab to reality

Autism-related traits are associated with faster autonomic processing, as measured through pupillary light reflex (PLR) dynamics in infancy, and are also linked to epigenome-wide DNA methylation patterns

Team discovers molecular difference in brains of people with autism