Autism Awareness Month.

During the month of April, in support of National Autism Awareness Month, Science 2.0 is proud to present a special series of articles focused on autism.

Our community of writers will be joined this month by several Special Guest Writers who will be sharing their expertise. Together we will be exploring the latest scientific findings. In addition, we will be discussing emerging therapies and treatments, expanding efforts to improve the daily lives of individuals with autism, and personal perspectives of life with autism.

Join us to read, comment, and contribute to this unique and informative collection of articles and discussions as we present personal and scientific perspectives of what is often a misunderstood and misrepresented disorder.

Autism Awareness Month

The month of April is National Autism Awareness month. Because this is a subject that touches many...

Autism And Vaccines: Why People Still Believe The Hype

Early last month, the now-famous paper by Dr Andrew Wakefield that supposedly linked vaccines to...

Diagnosing Autism With MEG

A team of radiologists publishing in Autism Research says that children with autism spectrum disorders...

Autism In Computer Science

Discussion of the rise in diagnosed autism is a controversial topic, and I applaud one company...

The Power Of The Brain Through The Window Of Savants

Daniel Tammet is an autistic savant and author of the recent book Embracing the Wide Sky: A Tour...

Autism Gets A Genome-wide Study

A study combining family- and population-based approaches has uncovered a single-letter change...

Autism Epidemic? Please stop the insanity!

This study was released today, regarding the incidence of Autism in the population. According to...

Again, Vaccines Do Not Cause Autism

The evidence is in. The scientific community has reached a clear consensus that vaccines don’t...

Autistics Up To 40 Percent Faster At Problem Solving

Autistics are up to 40 percent faster at problem-solving than non-autistics, according to a new...

Vaccine Wars: The Phantom Menace

It's been 9 months since I read Autism's False Prophets and participated in a discussion over at...

Vaccine/autism Link Gets Double Shot In The Arm

Parents and advocates who believe vaccines cause autism were dealt a double blow this week. On...

Unusual Use Of Toys In Infants A Clue To Autism

Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute have found that infants later diagnosed with autism...

More Thought, Fewer Emotions - Autistic People Less Irrational, Says Study

People with autism-related disorders are less likely to make irrational decisions, and are less...

Autism's History - First Discovery, New Genes And A Surprising Link To Circadian Rhythms

The autistic disorder was first described, more than sixty years ago, by Dr. Leo Kanner of the...

Progress In The Hunt For Autism Genes

Much of the coverage of autism in the media focuses on the arguments of advocates, scientists,...

Autism And Brain Scans: Snake Oil Or The Real Deal?

A segment on ABC’s Good Morning America May 19 caught my attention, so much so that I spent a...

Autism: Study Says Thimerosal Mercury Doesn't Have Time To Accrete In Baby Bodies

February’s issue of Pediatrics offers a study saying there is reason to rethink blaming the spike...

Autism Genome, Phenotype Data Goes Open Access

The Autism Consortium has completed the first genome scan for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) through...

The Autism Matrix

Autistic children are doubly stigmatized. On the one hand, they are often dismissed as “low functioning”...

Exposure To Mercury Before Birth Is No Higher In Autistic Kids, Study Says

The increase in the number of diagnosed cases of autism in recent years has sparked concern that...