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The 2025 Year in Review

This year was a VERY eventful year for autism. If you want to hear a highlight of the good news, the great science that was discovered and the ideas developed to help families with autism, listen to this podcast or read the summary here: https://autismsciencefoundation.org/2025-year-in-review/. In summary: more precise subtypes of autism have been discovered and validated using biological markers, explanation for sex differences, new precision medicines for those with known genetic causes of autism, and new research studying the effects of early intervention. It was a great year for science, even with all the challenges from DOGE.

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  Somebody’s got to do it….it should someone from the autism community.

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  Why is paramecetol safety so perplexing?

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  The Mitochondria in a Minute

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  Updates from I-ACC, late prematurity and language development

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  Rare Disease Week, the FDA, mortality in autism, trajectories and subcateg…

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  Health Care for Autistic Individuals During Transition Age

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  Genetic pathways leading to autism

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  Wildfires, air pollution, autism and the EPA response

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  For this podcast, trans means transdiagnostic

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  The Immune Taboo

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  The different flavors of early intervention

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  The importance of cognitive ability in autism traits, and how to measure i…

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  Can COVID cause autism?

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  A lesson on leucovorin

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  Have you heard the good news?