Autism Community Initiative

Images Of Nerve Cells In The Brain Of A Living Mouse
To explore the most intricate structures of the brain in order to decipher how it functions - Stefan Hell's team of researche...(click link above to read the article)

Mental Illness Suspect Genes Found To Be Among The Most Environmentally Responsive By NIH Study
For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory me...(click link above to read the article)

Hyperconnectivity In Brain's Hearing Center Caused By Gene Mutation In Autism
New research from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) might help explain how a gene mutation found in some autistic individu...(click link above to read the article)

Britain's First Adult Autism Survey Reveals Previously 'Invisible' Group With Autism
New research on autism in adults has shown that adults with a more severe learning disability have a greater likelihood of ha...(click link above to read the article)

Evolved, Mutated Gene Module Linked To Syndromic Autism
A team led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine reports that newly discovered mutatio...(click link above to read the article)

Family History Of Psychiatric Disorders May Shape Intellectual Interests
A hallmark of the individual is the cultivation of personal interests, but for some people, their intellectual pursuits might...(click link above to read the article)

Sign Of Autism Can Be Seen In Infants
A recent study that took place at the Centre for Brain and Cognitive Development, Birkbeck, University of London, and was pu...(click link above to read the article)

An Earlier Sign Of Autism In The Brain
In their first year of life, babies who will go on to develop autism already show different brain responses when someone look...(click link above to read the article)

Adolescents With Autism Spend Free Time Using Solitary, Screen-Based Media
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) tend to be fascinated by screen-based technology. A new study by a University o...(click link above to read the article)

People With Autism Helped By Learning To 'Talk Things Through In Your Head'
Teaching children with autism to 'talk things through in their head' may help them to solve complex day-to-day tasks, which c...(click link above to read the article)