Posts Tagged ‘neurodevelopment’

The Long Nights: Rebuilding Routines After Jaipur

Jaipur did not feel like an ending. It felt like a checkpoint. When I got posted to Jaipur Military Station in December 2023, we had already lived through thirteen years of vast experience. My first book, Autism and Me, had traced that journey — from denial to diagnosis, from confusion to...

Autism Science Foundation’s Next Gen Sibs Project Expands with Support from Aligning Research to Impact Autism (ARIA)

University of Miami and King’s College London added as new sites On October 14, 2025, The Autism Science Foundation (ASF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting and funding innovative autism research, announced it would expand its Next Gen Sibs Project from six to eight university...

The Impact of Autism and Co-Occurring Gastrointestinal Issues on Child Flourishing

Author’s note: Recent trends in language use within the autism community show a divide between professionals who often prefer person-first language (e.g., “person with autism”) and autistic advocates who often favor identity-first language (e.g., “autistic person”), for reasons of...

Boys with Regressive Autism Have Larger Brains than Age-Matched Health Counterparts

In the largest study of brain development in preschoolers with autism to date, a study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers has found that 3-year-old boys with regressive autism, but not early onset autism, have larger brains than their healthy counterparts. The study is published online today...