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Adapted Responsive Teaching and infants at risk for ASD

February 5, 2015

Use of Adapted Responsive Teaching by parents led to significant improvements in one-year-olds at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), according to a study in Autism Research and…

Are we making progress against autism?

June 11, 2009

Scientists are learning more about this baffling disorder, but a cure is a long way off.

Autism spectrum disorder: Questions answered

March 8, 2018

By Julie Cullen, Managing Editor, American Nurse Today I recently spoke with Donna Swanson, MSN, CS, APRN, executive director and co-founder of the FOCUS Center for Autism in…

Intranasal oxytocin and emotional perception by patients with autism

May 25, 2017

Low-dose intranasal oxytocin can influence how patients with autism perceive emotion, according to a study in Translational Psychiatry. Read more and access the study.

Precautionary approach guides ANA’s thimerosal policy

February 11, 2007

ANA’s position statement on thimerosol-containing vaccines emphasizes a precautionary approach.

Study: Rare gene mutations increase risk of autism in boys

July 11, 2012

A study in Human Molecular Genetics reports that five rare mutations of the gene AFF2 increase the risk that a boy will develop an autism spectrum disorder (ASD).…