Friday, 10 July 2026

"In 2024, the prevalence reached 21.1‰ among boys": Autism in France

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Part of the title to this post - "In 2024, the prevalence reached 21.1‰ among boys" - represents a detail from a recent paper titl...
Thursday, 2 July 2026

'Profound autism' defined: moving closer to compartmentalising the heterogeneous 'autisms'

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 A short post to bring a new paper to your attention: Developing a consensus research definition for profound autism using a modified Delphi...
Friday, 5 June 2026

Elevated microbially-derived metabolites in autism: a possible diagnostic screening test for a distinct ASD phenotype

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A quick entry to note that a new paper which yours truly had a small role to play in has been recently published:  https://www.nature.com/ar...
Thursday, 14 May 2026

Childhood autism in Northern Ireland: 6.2% for 2025/2026 (still relentlessly increasing)

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The school-aged autism prevalence rate in Northern Ireland for 2025/2026 is 6.2% https://www.health-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2026-05/a...
Friday, 6 March 2026

Prof Uta Frith on autism: "why I no longer think autism is a spectrum" and a whole lot more

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Uta Frith: why I no longer think autism is a spectrum  https://www.tes.com/magazine/teaching-learning/general/uta-frith-interview-autism-not...
Friday, 26 December 2025

2025: the year of plural autisms, folate chemistry and when curiosity about autism returned

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Spectrum 2025: Year in review https://www.thetransmitter.org/spectrum/spectrum-2025-year-in-review/ A 'what happened in 2025' featur...