Harvard and Yale researchers are using brain organoids, genetics and AI to study how autism emerges during early brain development. For autistic women whose traits went unrecognized for years, the bigger question is intriguing: what might we learn when autism research looks beneath observable behavior?

…This is where I think understanding the language becomes especially useful.

If someone tells you, “Scientists haven't found the autism gene, therefore autism isn't genetic,” you can immediately see the problem.

Modern autism research isn't looking for one universal autism gene.