Emerging Autism Solutions

05/11/2026

https://www.msn.com/en-xl/africa/top-stories/what-every-parent-should-know-about-autism-learning-environments/ar-AA22zsEx?apiversion=v2&domshim=1&noservercache=1&noservertelemetry=1&batchservertelemetry=1&renderwebcomponents=1&wcseo=1

05/11/2026

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/positively-different/202605/new-findings-on-conflicts-of-interest-in-autism-research

A five-year update on conflicts of interest in ABA autism research finds that most studies are still authored by financially entangled researchers who don't disclose conflicts.

02/14/2026

https://neurosciencenews.com/nighttime-heat-autism-neurodevelopment-30097/.

New research suggests that nighttime heat during pregnancy is a secret risk factor for autism. Learn how hot nights disrupt fetal brain development.

02/13/2026

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2xz7vledzo&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAyoUMTc2MjQ3Nzg1MzAzODQ3NTg3NTMyGjlkYTBhYzQxMTAwNzhiNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw1B_kd9Cpx1P9VlL_mHwvdC

Bournemouth University researchers analysed more than 4,000 responses from autistic people.

02/13/2026

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-02-nights-flags-prenatal-link-autism.html&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoUMTc2MjQ3Nzg1MzAzODQ3NTg3NTMyGjlkYTBhYzQxMTAwNzhiNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw1angB7hOzsybZ4dC67Lv3K # emergingautismsolutions

Higher nighttime temperatures during pregnancy may be associated with a higher risk of autism diagnosis in children, according to a new study led by researchers at Tulane University. The research examined nearly 295,000 mother–child pairs in Southern California from 2001–2014 and found that warm...

09/05/2025

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://neurosciencenews.com/autism-behavior-shank3-vassopressin-29662/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTcxNjA0NTcxOTA0NzM5NTUwMTcyGjlkYTBhYzQxMTAwNzhiNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw3XUWr6Ep81K4-ni0EVD_59.

09/05/2025

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://neurosciencenews.com/autism-behavior-shank3-vassopressin-29662/&ct=ga&cd=CAEYBSoUMTcxNjA0NTcxOTA0NzM5NTUwMTcyGjlkYTBhYzQxMTAwNzhiNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw3XUWr6Ep81K4-ni0EVD_59.

A new study reveals how a mutation in the Shank3 gene, associated with autism, alters social behavior by disrupting vasopressin release in the brain.

09/05/2025

https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.bsu.edu/news/press-center/archives/2025/09/ball-state-professor-awarded-nsf-grant--for-autism-research&ct=ga&cd=CAEYAioUMTcxNjA0NTcxOTA0NzM5NTUwMTcyGjlkYTBhYzQxMTAwNzhiNzQ6Y29tOmVuOlVT&usg=AOvVaw0CNvDsMieZ3N6r06Qwh0hG.

Dr. Shireen Kanakri has received a $266,028 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a three-year research project focused on the impact of daylight on children with autism. Dr. Kanakri has also been selected for the U.S. Department of State’s prestigious Fulbright Specialist Ro...

10/24/2024

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-10-brain-organoids-reveal-autism-biology.html

Using stem cells generated from patients with a rare and severe form of autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability, Scripps Research scientists have grown personalized "mini-brains" (or organoids) to study the disorder in new detail.

10/24/2024

https://www.futurity.org/brain-difference-tied-to-autism-in-living-people-3254612/

"As simple as our findings sound, this is something that has eluded our field for the past 80 years."