progscrape: autism

Male circumcision just after birth does not increase autism risk

44 hours ago publichealth.jhu.edu autism neuroscience

No link between MMR vaccination before age 2 and autism, large US study suggests

2 days ago cidrap.umn.edu autism epidemiology

When we misread autistic people, it may not be a lack of empathy—it may be a mismatch

19 hours ago eurekalert.org autism neuroscience

Autism diagnoses rose sharply after the COVID-19 pandemic began. The rise was driven overwhelmingly by diagnoses among girls and women

5 days ago sciencealert.com autism covid neuroscience

Drug reverses autism-like brain changes in adult mice within hours

4 days ago uclahealth.org brain

RFK Jr’s team quietly updates CDC website to say science doesn’t know if vaccines cause autism

11 days ago independent.co.uk autism

Report: Trump mad RFK Jr. hasn’t cut more vaccines or proven autism link

9 days ago arstechnica.com autism health trump

People with more pronounced autistic traits in the general population who have not been diagnosed with autism tend to engage more in camouflaging, which involves trying to act socially typical and hide their autistic traits

36 days ago psypost.org autism psychology

Sensory processing differences linked to sexual distress in autistic adults, which can lower relationship and sexual satisfaction

27 days ago psypost.org autism psychology

ADHD and autism showed no signs of accelerated brain aging. Alzheimer’s disease ranks first

10 days ago earth.com autism brain disease neuroscience

Wealth and air pollution emerge as top predictors of US state autism rates

24 days ago psypost.org autism neuroscience

Autistic and non-autistic people use similar strategies when learning about other’s preferences, but the unique preferences of autistic people make their likes and dislikes harder to predict

19 days ago psypost.org autism psychology

Just like other teens, many teens on the autism spectrum hope for new friends, maybe even a romantic relationship

23 days ago med.stanford.edu autism neuroscience

EEG study found the autistic brain is characterized by higher levels of background electrical activity, often described as neural noise, which corresponds with greater difficulties in real-world communication among children with autism spectrum disorder.

10 days ago psypost.org autism brain neuroscience

New study suggests it would be better for experts to focus on a broad constellation of traits (a “neurodevelopmental spectrum”) to identify potential challenges and support children and young people, rather than looking at individual conditions like autism…

33 days ago qmul.ac.uk autism neuroscience

ADHD and autism diagnoses have increased: New study points to broader diagnoses as an explanation

35 days ago news.ku.dk autism neuroscience

A single dose of rapamycin temporarily reversed autism-like behaviors in adult mice by restoring brain circuit function and sensory processing

14 days ago technologynetworks.com brain health

Article linking hepatitis B vaccines to autism is retracted by the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health because of critical methodological flaws

54 days ago tandfonline.com autism medicine

Paracetamol (Acetaminophen/ Tylenol) in pregnancy not linked to ADHD or autism: The large study of over 120,000 children compared pairs of siblings to try to remove genetics and family environment from the equation.

38 days ago jamanetwork.com autism genetics neuroscience

Children born after a fertility struggle are more likely to show signs of autism and ADHD, according to international researchers who say this link exists regardless of whether the children were conceived using IVF or other infertility treatments.

58 days ago jamanetwork.com autism neuroscience

Study challenges the belief that high IQ autistic individuals always struggle with daily tasks. First, autistic people can learn life skills

51 days ago psypost.org autism neuroscience

People with higher autistic traits may use the act of naming their emotions as a way to cope with their intense dislike of unpredictability

2 months ago psypost.org autism psychology

Anxiety is a highly prevalent mental health condition, and it is particularly common in autistic populations

2 months ago nature.com autism psychology

Scientists reverse autism-like symptoms in mice

37 days ago psypost.org neuroscience

Autistic Australians three times more likely to be homeless

2 months ago news.flinders.edu.au autism neuroscience

A simple urine test may help identify children at risk for autism sooner than current assessments: researchers have developed a new screening tool to test urine for 17 microbial metabolites in children ages 2 to 11 years

2 months ago news.asu.edu autism health

Study identifies two biological subtypes of autism linked to different pathways in the brain

2 months ago childmind.org autism brain neuroscience

Anxiety is prevalent in autism spectrum disorder and linked to intolerance of uncertainty