A legend in the autism community passed away on Friday. Todays podcast focuses on the many talents of Dr. James (Jim) Simons, one of the founders of the Simons Foundation that has spent more than $50

As health care and outcomes for very premature infants has improved, scientists are able to track their longer term behavioral development, and that includes risk of developmental disorders like autis

In honor of the last week of Autism Awareness/Acceptance Month, we review two new scientific findings that call for more awareness and action, and less acceptance of the status quo. First: sex differe

Thank you to Dennis Wall from Stanford University for explaining what Machine Learning is, how its related to Artificial Intelligence (todays four buzz words) and how these new technologies are help

Autistic individuals are turning to self-diagnosis to explain their autism features, sometimes based on better awareness, sometimes based on what they see on social media. But how accurate are these a

Did you miss the ASF 2024 Day of Learning and cant wait for the videos to be posted? This is a 17 minute brief summary of what was discussed, but unfortunately, with no visuals. Dont just listen to

This podcast has not covered transition from adolescence to adulthood in the past, probably because there has not been a lot of research in this area. Luckily, recently there has been a surge of inves

This weeks podcast will be an interview with Matt Cicoria from the podcast Behavioral Observations. We discuss the meaning of the words Profound Autism and why a blanket term of autism spectrum di

Last week in North Carolina, the Meeting on Language in Autism was held, with 3 days of amazing presentations and lots of productive discussions about how language and speech develops and how people w

This podcast provides updates on studies that help with prediction of an autism diagnosis which is important for preparing for the future and for intervening early. First, a study that uses environm