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How individuals grasp an object may offer simpler diagnosis for autism spectrum disorder • May 6, 2025, 2:30 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
Study links impaired synaptic pruning to autism • May 1, 2025, 7:33 AM ET (News-Medical)
NIH autism study will pull from private medical records • Apr. 24, 2025, 3:04 AM ET (NPR)
Predicting how an autistic child will develop cognitively • Apr. 22, 2025, 12:38 AM ET (Medical Xpress)
Autism rates rose again. Experts explain why • Apr. 21, 2025, 6:43 AM ET (Science News)

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