Insights & The World Around Us

In our weekly looks at autism in culture, we often find ourselves turning to art as a productive outlet for individuals with autism to communicate with the world at large. This week we highlight a particularly unique Japanese artist who despite his inability to speak has found a voice for himself through his paintings of…

While we try to dedicate this space to keeping track of the most significant advancements in autism research, often it can seem like an endless parade of potential answers. After all, as we’ve discussed at length, scientists remain divided along three areas of focus as it relates to the cause of autism, choosing to focus…

At Autism Academy, a school for children with autism, the focus is on the most current research in this field. As any person who follows autism-related research, there must be awareness of the genetic analysis that has emerged. Alongside neural research and the studies on environmental factors, the facts that are known about autism have…

Adding invaluable insight into what can cause a woman to give birth to a child with autism, a recent Harvard study has found a direct causal link between inhaling smog from vehicles or smoke stacks and autism. While previous studies have suggested that such a correlation might exist, the pregnant women in the study who…

As we wrap up 2014 and look towards 2015, one final study from last year has recently shed a new light on better understanding the genetic roots of autism and identifying those individuals most at risk for being diagnosed with autism later in life. While there have been a number of advances in better understanding…

As we start to hit our stride with 2015, let’s take a moment to look back at the year that was and the many amazing advances that were made in relation to autism. As each year closes, our understanding of how to treat, diagnose, and analyze autism only grows and this year was markedly exceptional…

Although we’re just three weeks into 2015, there has already been a number of significant news stories, studies, and research advances that show the year off to an extremely promising start in both our scientific and cultural understanding of autism. From an increasing understanding of how early signs of autism are missed to engineering advances…

As we’ve repeatedly touched upon in our reporting of the most up-to-date and remarkable breakthroughs in autism research, many scientists these days are looking at either genes or the brain in their search to identify a root cause for autism. And in two recent reports published, it’s becoming clear that in 2015, the future of…

As we continue to monitor the latest trends and findings in autism research, we’ve identified that the neurological and genetic approaches as holding the most promise to both understanding the cause of autism and finding a means to a cure, or at least a treatment regimen that can ensure that individuals with autism can lead…