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Health Tech Shafaq Zia

STAT Plus: Researchers develop AI-based intervention for kids with autism

In the Lab Sharon Begley

With mini-placentas and mini-brains, scientists try to unravel the roots of psychiatric disorders

Health Helen Branswell

It’s old news that vaccines don’t cause autism. But a major new study aims to refute skeptics again

Health Karen Weintraub

Exposure to air pollution during pregnancy or early life linked to autism diagnosis

In the Lab Andrew Joseph

In monkeys, researchers find possible biological marker of autism

Video Megan Thielking and Alex Hogan

Watch: Can fidget spinners actually relieve symptoms of ADHD and autism?

Health Megan Thielking

Most pediatricians say parents have refused vaccines for their kids

In the Lab Lindzi Wessel

A driving game can help young people with autism learn the real thing

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First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett, Theresa Gaffney and Alissa Ambrose

Listen: Looking back on the first year of ‘First Opinion Podcast’

First Opinion Podcast Patrick Skerrett

Listen: A parent on advocating for people with autism who can’t advocate for themselves

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First Opinion Alison Singer

Labels can harm, but they also can help: See ‘profound autism’

First Opinion Isabel Alexander

Autism: awareness, acceptance, and the places in between

In the Lab Sharon Begley

STAT Plus: Scientists are thinking the unthinkable: CRISPR might one day reverse devastating brain diseases

Politics Megan Thielking

STAT Plus: Oprah 2020: Science is not her secret

Health Charles Piller

Google Glass is back — as a tool to coach autistic children, train doctors, and more

First Opinion John Elder Robison

Why autistic people like me need to help shape autism science

Health Ike Swetlitz

Dimmed lights, loosened rules: Growing number of businesses cater to autistic visitors

Health Associated Press

Girls and autism: It can be subtle, or absent for some at risk

In the Lab Anna Vlasits

Autism may affect not just brain but sensory nerves, mouse study suggests

In the Lab Eric Boodman

Why are kids of older dads at higher risk for mental illness?

Quick Take Jennifer Adaeze Okwerekwu

Is too much folic acid during pregnancy a contributor to autism?

Health Rebecca Robbins

Discredited anti-vaccine doc Andrew Wakefield to get Hollywood treatment with new film

Health Joseph P. Kahn — Boston Globe

Tracking the risks and rewards of transcranial magnetic stimulation

Quick Take Eric Boodman

Robert De Niro defends discredited idea linking vaccines to autism

Health Rebecca Robbins

We watched the movie ‘Vaxxed’ so you don’t have to

Health Rebecca Robbins

What you need to know about vaccines, autism, and the hubbub over ‘Vaxxed’

Health Megan Thielking

Is the dramatic rise in autism tapering off?

Health Jason Ukman

Controversial anti-vaccination documentary pulled from Tribeca Film Festival

In the Lab Eric Boodman

Genetically modified monkeys show signs of autism, in scientific breakthrough

In the Lab Karen Weintraub

Hope for autism treatment dims as more drug trials fail

Politics Dylan Scott

Clinton unveils plan to boost screening, research for autism

Gut Check Sharon Begley

Do antidepressants during pregnancy increase baby’s autism risk?

Politics Eric Boodman and Ike Swetlitz

STAT Plus: Trump backs autism group that rejects his views