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By Rachel Clutterbuck, Punit Shah, Lucy Waldren, The Conversation

24 March 2021

3 min read

Doctor or clinician makes notes about patient during diagnosis.

Error found in autism screening guidelines

The U.K. clinical guidelines used to screen for autism contain an error, which may have resulted in many delayed or missed diagnoses over the past decade.

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Error found in autism screening guidelines

By Rachel Clutterbuck, Punit Shah, Lucy Waldren, The Conversation

24 March 2021 | 3 min read

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By Rachel Moseley, Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, The Conversation

12 August 2020

5 min read

A plate with a slice of yellow cake sits on a blue plate on a light blue table cloth, surrounded by spoons and forks. This image places an emphasis on food and ritualized behaviors.

Autism and eating disorders may have an emotional connection

Eating disorders have the highest mortality rates of any kinds of mental illness. They don’t discriminate, affecting people of all ethnicities, sexualities, gender identities, ages and backgrounds.

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Autism and eating disorders may have an emotional connection

By Rachel Moseley, Laura Renshaw-Vuillier, The Conversation

12 August 2020 | 5 min read

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By Kendra Thomson, The Conversation

10 September 2019

4 min read

Training caregivers can help keep autistic children safe

Behavioral skills training helps ensure that people with autism not only understand a new safety skill but are able to perform it accurately.

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Training caregivers can help keep autistic children safe

By Kendra Thomson, The Conversation

10 September 2019 | 4 min read

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By Andrew Whitehouse, The Conversation

29 August 2019

5 min read

Woman looks at her newborn from under the operating tent of c-section surgery

Cesarean sections tenuously tied to autism

A new study that combines data from more than 20 million births has found that a cesarean section delivery is associated with autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

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Cesarean sections tenuously tied to autism

By Andrew Whitehouse, The Conversation

29 August 2019 | 5 min read

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By Anita Layton, Mehrshad Sadria, The Conversation

6 August 2019

4 min read

four year old looks at something out of frame.

Early-detection technique analyzes how children with autism scan faces

Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, have developed a new autism detection technique that distinguishes among different eye-gaze patterns to help doctors more quickly and accurately detect autism in children.

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