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Our 1 in 54 need more

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On Thursday the 26th, the Centers for Disease Control released new prevalence numbers: the prevalence of ASD has jumped from 1 in 59 to 1 in 54 kids who are 8. They also revealed prevalence numbers in 4 year olds. On this week’s podcast. CDC epidemiologist Dr. Matthew Maenner (and ASF class of 2010 predoctoral fellow) explains the numbers, where they came from, what they mean and where the trend in prevalence numbers is going. Shockingly, even though the numbers keep going up, some people are not getting an autism diagnosis when they should.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/ss/ss6904a1.htm
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/addm-community-report/index.html
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Telehealth: does it work?

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This week’s podcast is focused on a topic many of you may be learning about now: Telehealth. This is remote delivery of care through the telephone or a video chat. If your healthcare appointment has not been cancelled, it’s been moved to Telehealth. If you need to talk to a doctor, it will probably be done through Telehealth. So what is it? Is it helpful? Is there enough right now to say? This podcast covers all of these things for families to get a better handle of what they are getting themselves into.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31969108
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30155578
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Getting through the COVID-19 scare

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These are extraordinary times. We all need to lean into each other and help each other out during this emergency. Today’s podcast is a list of good advice and ideas that we have pulled from various sources, as well as scientifically valid ways of alleviating extra anxiety because of the current situation. It isn’t meant to solve all your problems, but maybe it can solve part of one. The National Council on Severe Autism will also be hosting a “share and care” that hopefully will allow everyone to share what they are doing that works, and ask from others how they are handling the situation. You can register here: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/5189740368572667405

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Autism treatments are not the same, even in animals

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This week the media over-hyped a publication on a potential link between Alzheimer’s and Autism Spectrum Disorder. However, this new study did identify a new treatment target for some forms of ASD. Not all forms, but some forms. Not all forms of ASD have the same underlying neurobiology and while one treatment may help a larger group of people with ASD, they also may not. This week’s podcast explores potential treatment targets in 3 different animal models of ASD. 

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32126198https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32123378