Spectrum Stories: The role of genetics in autism
We know that genes play a role in the condition; however, finding genes, and then knowing what they do is a challenge.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Rewriting the story of regression in autism
One day, you have a toddler who’s vocal, who looks you in the eye, who literally reaches out to you. And then everything changes.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Learning from baby siblings
Many parents with children on the spectrum enroll their newborns in research — to advance the field and to bring benefits to families such as theirs.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Doubts cloud Son-Rise Program for autism
In this episode of “Spectrum Stories,” Jacob Brogan talks to researchers who worry that families are spending large amounts of money on an unproven therapy for autism.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: The overlap between autism and anxiety
In this episode of “Spectrum Stories,” host Jacob Brogan talks to clinicians about why anxiety is so common — but can be so hard to spot — in people with autism.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Where autism meets sleeplessness
Scientists are trying to understand why people with autism so often have trouble sleeping, and how to help them.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Shifting cultural views about autism abroad
In this episode, host Jacob Brogan talks to autism researchers and families with children on the spectrum in France and Ethiopia. However different the two countries may be, advocates in both places...
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Camouflaging autism traits
In this episode, host Jacob Brogan explores how and why some women try to hide their autism. There are benefits to keeping the condition concealed, but this camouflaging comes with psychological costs.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Talking about autism mouse models
Scientists discuss the problems with using mice to study autism, and explain how the field might move forward.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Autism, in a manner of speaking
In this episode of “Spectrum Stories,” host Jacob Brogan explains how speech — from its rhythm to its emotional content — can differ in people with autism, making social communication difficult.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Gaming autism treatments
Researchers are designing video games to hone visual-attention skills in children with autism. New host Ben Kuebrich explores.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Understanding autism's suicide risk
Suicidal thoughts appear to be more common in autistic people but they’re also more difficult to detect. Host Ben Kuebrich reports.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Resetting the autistic brain
Deep brain stimulation is not an approved treatment for autism but has helped some people with extreme obsessions and other severe traits. Host Ben Kuebrich investigates one success story.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Seeing through an autistic person's eyes
Virtual reality can help typical people experience sensory hypersensitivity and other perceptual differences that autistic individuals describe. Host Ben Kuebrich reports.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: Tapping intelligence in minimally verbal people with autism
Scientists are finding new ways to test cognition in autistic individuals who speak little or not at all.
View ArticleSpectrum Stories: The benefits of genetic testing in autism
Finding a mutation linked to autism traits can have life-changing consequences for autistic individuals and their families.
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