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Hundreds of Autism Genes, Two Brain States: What the New Science Study Shows

A September 2026 study in Science found that mice carrying very different autism-risk mutations fall into just two opposite patterns of brain gene activity. It changes how researchers think about autism's diversity. It does not create autism subtypes, tests or treatments.

Sep 28, 2026 Read more →
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Chronic Pain and Mental Health: What the 2025 Research Actually Says

A viral post says chronic pain and depression share the same brain circuits. It is right, and a 2025 review of nearly a million people shows how common the overlap is, including in ADHD, autism and PTSD. The treatment evidence is thinner than you might hope.

Sep 28, 2026 Read more →
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Candida in 46% of Autistic Children: The Number Is Real. The Story Around It Is Not

A viral post cites a real meta-analysis finding Candida albicans in 46.1% of children with autism. The figure checks out. What the post leaves out, one study doing all the work, a newer study that found no difference, and the diets this claim is used to sell, changes what it means.

Sep 23, 2026 Read more →
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Blocking One Gene Restored Brain Signalling Linked to Autism, in Mice. Here Is What That Actually Means

A 2026 study in Nature Communications silenced a single gene, SLC6A20, and restored a broken signalling system in the brains of adult mice carrying autism-linked mutations. Some behaviours improved. Others did not. Here is the real study behind the viral clip, and how far it is from a human treatment.

Sep 22, 2026 Read more →
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When Do Autism and Schizophrenia Begin? A Study of 1,000 Brains Points to the Months Before Birth

A University of Exeter team mapped the chemical switches on DNA in nearly 1,000 human brains, from six weeks after conception to 108 years. Most of the change happens before birth, and the genes linked to autism and schizophrenia are right in the middle of it. What that means, and what it does not.

Sep 20, 2026 Read more →
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Two Kinds of Smart: Why Autism and ADHD Have Opposite Genetic Links With Knowledge and Reasoning

A 2026 study in Nature Communications split intelligence into reasoning, knowledge and speed, then compared their genetics with autism, ADHD, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The links go in different directions. A single IQ number hides all of it.

Sep 19, 2026 Read more →
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Why Are So Many People Diagnosed With ADHD and Autism? A Study of 37,000 People Points to a Moving Threshold, Not an Epidemic

Diagnoses of ADHD and autism have more than quadrupled since the 1990s. A 2026 study in JAMA Psychiatry looked at the DNA of 37,000 diagnosed people, year by year. The genetic load of the average diagnosed person has fallen. Here is what that means, and what it does not.

Sep 19, 2026 Read more →
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Monotropism: What It Is, How It Is Measured, and Why It Explains So Much About Autism and ADHD

Monotropism is a theory of attention: some minds pull most of their attention into one interest at a time. It explains hyperfocus, painful transitions, deep expertise and sensory overload in one model. Here is the theory, the questionnaire behind it, and what a high score means.

Sep 13, 2026 Read more →
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Autism Is Not One Condition. Is It Four? What the 5,000-Child Study Really Found

A viral post says researchers found four distinct autism subtypes. The study is real, published in Nature Genetics. Here are the four groups, the genetics behind them, and why they are a starting point rather than four new diagnoses.

Sep 07, 2026 Read more →
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1 in 7,300: The Autism-Linked Syndrome Most People Have Never Been Tested For

A viral post says Phelan-McDermid syndrome is far more common than thought. The study is real. Here is what the syndrome is, why so many cases are missed, and what a consumer DNA test cannot tell you.

Sep 03, 2026 Read more →
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Autism's Largest Molecular Map Yet: What 1,800 New Protein Interactions Actually Mean

A viral post says scientists made a huge molecular map of autism opening the door to targeted therapies. This one checks out - here is the real study and what it actually shows.

Sep 01, 2026 Read more →
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Did Autism Shape Human Evolution? What the Real Archaeology Says

A viral post says autistic traits were championed 100,000 years ago and shaped human evolution. Here is the real archaeology behind the claim, and where it overreaches.

Aug 30, 2026 Read more →
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