Increased autism risk linked to Y chromosome, Geisinger study found
On Oct. 17, 2024, Geisinger announced results of a study that showed increased risk for autism appears to…
Human-Specific Genes Revealed Link Between Brain Growth and Autism
On Oct. 14, 2024, researchers have found a link between two human-specific genes and the gene SYNGAP1, a…
Study found Pandemic-Era Babies Do Not Have Higher Autism Risk
On Sept. 23, 2024, researchers from Columbia University reported that a study of Children born during the first…
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CIRM Awarded $67.5 Million to Address Neuropsychiatric Diseases
On Aug. 30, 2024, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) approved $67.5 million to support five projects…
NIH researchers discovered a new face-detecting brain circuit
On Jul. 2, 2024, scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have uncovered a brain circuit in…
Donald Triplett, the 1st person diagnosed with autism, died at 89
On Jun. 17, 2023, the Mississippi man known as “Case 1,” the first person to be diagnosed with…
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Autism risk estimated at 3 to 5% for children whose parents have a sibling with autism
On May 18, 2020, the NIH reported that roughly 3 to 5% of children with an aunt or…
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Single mutation leads to big effects in autism-related gene
On Apr. 3, 2020, a new study in Neuron offers clues to why autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is…
Research on brain structure highlighted cells linked to Alzheimer’s and autism
On Mar. 16, 2020, new insights into the architecture of the brain were revealed by scientists at the…
The McDonnell Genome Institute received a $60 million from the NIH to study the genetics of common diseases
On Jan. 19, 2016, the McDonnell Genome Institute at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis announced…
The fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders merged three of the four subcategories of possible autistic disorder
In 2013, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders merged three of the…
Vaccine Court ruled that MMR vaccine does not cause autism
On Feb. 12, 2009, the Vaccine Court ruled that MMR vaccine, when administered with thimerosal-containing vaccines, does not…
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The United Nations General Assembly declared April 2 as World Autism Awareness Day
On Dec. 18, 2007, World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) shines a bright light on autism as a growing…
The Allen Institute for Brain Science Completed the Brain Atlas
On Sept. 26, 2006, the Allen Institute for Brain Science announced the completion of the groundbreaking Allen Brain…
Autism Speaks was founded in New York City
On Feb. 11, 2005, Autism Speaks was founded in New York City by Bob and Suzanne Wright, grandparents…
The 8th and final report of the Immunization Safety Review Committee was issued by the Institute of Medicine
On Jun. 26, 2004, the 8th and final report of the Immunization Safety Review Committee was issued by…
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was published
On May 1, 2003, Mark Haddon’s The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time was published, allowing…
Thinking in Pictures: My Life Temple Grandin with Autism was published
In 1995, autistic activist Temple Grandin published Thinking in Pictures: My Life Temple Grandin with Autism, considered a…
The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders listed four subcategories within autistic disorder
In 1994, the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders listed four subcategories within…
Autism appeared for the first time as a diagnosis in the third edition of the DSM III Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders
In 1980, autism appeared for the first time as a diagnosis in the third edition of the DSM…
The term ‘developmental disability’ was introduced
In 1970, the term ‘developmental disability’ is introduced in the Developmental Disabilities Services and Facilities construction amendments to…
Clara Claiborne Park published one of the first parent memoirs about raising a child with autism, “The Siege”
In 1967, Clara Claiborne Park, an American college English teacher, published one of the first parent memoirs about…
The National Society for Autistic Children (later renamed the Autism Society of America) was founded
In 1965, the National Society for Autistic Children (later renamed the Autism Society of America) was founded by…
Bernard Rimland, a research psychologist and father of a son with autism, published Infantile Autism
In 1964, Bernard Rimland, a research psychologist and father of a son with Rimland, published Infantile Autism, a…
The first edition of “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders” mentioned autism to describe symptoms of schizophrenia before puberty
In 1952, the first edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) was published and…
Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, published the first clinical description of 11 children with autism
In 1943, Leo Kanner, a child psychiatrist at Johns Hopkins University, published the first clinical description of 11…
Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler coined the term ‘autism’
In 1911, Swiss psychiatrist Eugen Bleuler coined the term ‘autism,’ borrowing from the Eugen Bleuler Greek word ‘autos’…