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Since Nov 2022

Latest Episode Dec 2025

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The latest autism research news stories with ASF Chief Science Officer Alycia Halladay

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Recent Episodes

The 2025 Year in Review

Dec 29, 2025 24m

This year was a VERY eventful year for autism. If you want to hear a highlight of the good news, the great science that was discovered and the ideas developed to help families with autism, listen to…

The Immune Taboo

Dec 15, 2025 14m

The immune system is critically involved in autism. Of course, there are still a lot of questions to answer, particularly whether dysregulation of the immune system is the cause or a consequence of…

Have you heard the good news?

Oct 06, 2025 26m

The National Institutes of Health just awarded $50million to 13 different research sites to better understand genetic and environmental contributions to an autism diagnosis, or increase in prevalence…

The Science of Autism BrainNet

Jul 14, 2025 53m

This week’s ASF weekly science podcast features Dr. David Amaral, who directs the Autism BrainNet. The Autism BrainNet is a program that organizes the collection of post-mortem brain tissue and then…

The 2024 Autism Science Year in Review

Dec 23, 2024 13m

New Technologies, New Data, New Solutions This year’s progress in autism research includes promising findings, clarifications, explanations, and the uncovering of new avenues of inquiry. The focus…

The Transcription Factor Song

Jun 23, 2024 20m

Very rarely are scientists able to look at single genes within the brains of people across neuropsychiatric disorders and understand how the genes in each of these cells influence expression of…

Rest in Power Jim Simons

May 13, 2024 16m

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

The ASF Year End Review of Science

Dec 27, 2023 22m

Just three days before 2024, ASF provides a summary of the the highlights of scientific discoveries and how they have translated into tools families can use. They include ways to speed up diagnosis…

Top reasons to study the autistic brain

Aug 07, 2023 18m

There are dozens of good reasons why scientists need to study the brains of people with autism. One is to understand what happens in the brain as people with autism get older and see how the brain…

The molecular signature of the autism brain

Nov 20, 2022 39m

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…

The Meaning of Microglia

Oct 02, 2022 38m

We normally focus on the function of brain cells that send signals to eachother and communicate across small or long distances, which show differences in ASD. However, we rarely pay attention to the…