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IMFAR 2012 begins

Thursday, May 17th, 2012

The International Meeting for Autism Research (IMFAR) started on Wednesday with a press conference and a pre-conference program focused on stakeholders. I was fortunate to be able to attend last year, but not this year. I did call in to the press conference, though and it brought back some of the excitement for me. Before [...]

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Prevalence of autistic spectrum disorders in Tripoli, Libya: the need for more research and planned services.

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

Autism prevalence studies are being performed in more and more locations around the globe. It’s somewhat amazing how little is known about autism prevalence outside of Europe and the U.S.. There are data from Japan and data has been coming in from Australia and elsewhere. There is very little data from Africa. Prevalence of autistic [...]

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Postsecondary education and employment among youth with an autism spectrum disorder

Monday, May 14th, 2012

Prof. Paull Shattuck’s group from Washington University in St. Louis has published a study in the journal Pediatrics today entitled Postsecondary education and employment among youth with an autism spectrum disorder. The full study is available free on the Pediatrics website. Prof. Shattuck’s group presented results on autistic adults and the transition from school to [...]

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Autism Criteria Critics Blasted by DSM-5 Leader

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Remember how some comments in a scientific talk about the DSM 5 in Iceland was picked up by the New York Times, leading to a media and advocate firestorm of activity? The Times article was New Definition of Autism Will Exclude Many, Study Suggests. Medpagetoday.com has another chapter in this story: Autism Criteria Critics Blasted [...]

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