by Susan Keown | Feb 3, 2022 | ScienceWire
Wayt Gibbs (@WaytGibbs) contributed original reporting and editing to a new book, “Autism by the Numbers: Explaining its Apparent Rise,” published by Spectrum and free to read online. The book explores the puzzling and dramatic recent rise in autism prevalence around...
by Chris Tachibana | Jun 29, 2017 | ScienceWire
For The Atlantic and Spectrum, Sarah DeWeerdt looks at autism from a different perspective. Instead of considering children with autism, Sarah looks at how families are affected by parents who are on the spectrum. Of course, Sarah finds challenges. But she also finds...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 1, 2016 | ScienceWire
Social learning by kids with autism, writes Kate Forster, might be enhanced if they have time to learn and play with typically developing children. Kate writes about a project in Seattle Public Schools to study the effectiveness of this approach. See this and other...
by Chris Tachibana | Jul 2, 2015 | ScienceWire
More is not always better, writes Bryn Nelson (@SeattleBryn) in a comprehensive article about health care overuse for The Hospitalist. We’re finally addressing the issue of unnecessary tests and treatments, writes Bryn. He backs up his piece with interviews of...
by Chris Tachibana | Dec 3, 2014 | ScienceWire
In The Atlantic, Sarah DeWeerdt explains the genetic basis for the saying, “If you’ve seen one kid with autism, you’ve seen one kid with autism.” Genetic analyses are finding hundreds of genes involved in autism. An unexpected benefit: The studies are also connecting...
