The 2025 Year in Review

About this episode

The episode reviews significant advancements in autism research and support from the year 2025.

This year was a VERY eventful year for autism. If you want to hear a highlight of the good news, the great science that was discovered and the ideas developed to help families with autism, listen to this podcast or read the summary here: https://autismsciencefoundation.org/2025-year-in-review/ . In summary: more precise subtypes of autism have been discovered and validated using biological markers, explanation for sex differences, new precision medicines for those with known genetic causes of autism, and new research studying the effects of early intervention. It was a great year for science, even with all the challenges from DOGE.

People in this episode

Host: Autism Science Foundation

Topics covered

• autism research
• biological markers
• precision medicine
• early intervention
• sex differences
• family support

Keywords

• autism
• research
• biological markers
• precision medicine
• early intervention
• sex differences
• 2025

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Autism Science Foundation

Products: Doge

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