This weeks #ASFpodcast highlights a new study from Dr. Elizabeth Kaplan-Kahn, who is improving a measure of Quality of Life for autistic individuals who are minimally verbal or have cognitive disabil

The media has just called another biological marker a diagnostic test, when in this case, it was always intended to be an aid, not a test itself. It involves using baby hair strands to look a variat

Many of the existing tools to identify autism cost money or are not specific for ASD, and they are hidden behind paywalls and are hard to obtain. A group of scientists led by Tom Frazer at John Caroll

People tend to go towards a strengths only or weaknesses only approach to describing autism. But even if you think about a single aspect of autistic challenges social communication autistics c

Its that time! The ASF Year of End Science Wrap-up was published in December, so its time to share it on the podcast. We cover everything from parent mediated interventions to genetics and racial an

Last week a publication (see below) was published as a commentary in the journal Autism Research. It states that researchers, parents, clinicians, educators and the overall community should not be lim

Stressful life events, among other things, affect autistics more than those who are typically developing. Why? What would cause this vulnerability? New studies suggest that cognitive inflexibility may

Like ASD, the prevalence of ADHD has increased significantly in the past 2 decades. A critical analysis examines the factors, and many of them can be applicable to the increase in the rise of autism d

Is there a specific signature that make the autism brain unique? Can there be a common set of findings that certain gene expression goes up and another go down and where? And is it linked to behavio

This weeks #ASFpodcast highlights a few articles from the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders this week which examined the tolerability and efficacy of online diagnostic procedures and inte