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Updates from I-ACC, late prematurity and language development

Mar 22, 2026 14m

What is the Independent Autism Coordinating Committee and why did it meet? This week’s podcast discusses the need and the agenda of Thursday’s meeting. In addition, more research showing that…

How IQ impacts the “will do” of skills: adaptive behaviors

Jan 26, 2025 32m

On this week’s podcast, Dr. Elaine Clarke from @RutgersU discusses the role of adaptive behavior. This refers to the wide range of skills that a person with autism can exhibit. Can they hold a…

Missed the Meeting on Language in Autism? Listen to this podcast

Mar 18, 2024 21m

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…

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 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…

Everything you wanted to know, and more, about the revisions to the CDC developmental milestones

Apr 23, 2022 41m

In February, the CDC worked with the American Academy of Pediatrics to update the developmental milestones that parents should use when referencing how their child is developing. These milestones…

Have things changed for the autism community in the last 40 years?

Nov 14, 2021 28m

On this week’s podcast, we interview Dr. Giacomo Vivanti from the AJ Drexel Autism Institute who, together with Daniel Messinger from University of Miami, wrote an analysis of how research and…

Here’s what you won’t hear about that new JAMA study on Twitter

Oct 10, 2021

A couple of weeks ago, a group in Australia published a study that investigated the efficacy of a “preemptive” intervention. That is, what happens if you provide support to parents to improve social…

Cognitive ability in ASD: why it matters

Sep 13, 2020 11m

Not all people with autism spectrum disorder are the same, obviously. Are there things that can predict positive outcome? Are they different based on something like cognitive ability? And what…

What the h**l is an induced pluripotent stem cell?

Jun 28, 2020 13m

The words “induced pluripotent stem cell” refer to a group of cells that are gathered from a person with a disorder, like autism, then changed or “induced” from a skin cell into an embryonic “stem”…