The 2025 Year in Review

About this episode

This episode reviews the 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.

Topics covered

• autism
• science
• health
• medicine
• social

Keywords

• subtypes of autism
• biological markers
• sex differences
• precision medicines
• early intervention

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