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Andrew Dakopolos, MA, MS, PhD

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Joseph Boyle, MA

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Olivia Surgent, PhD

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Featured Talks & Presentations

  • Why autism brain studies matter (37 min)
  • Women and Girls on the Spectrum (30 min)
  • Science Minds (18 min)
  • What neuroscience tells us about autism in children (50 min)
  • The Autism Phenome Project: Identifying subgroups of autism (45 min)

Featured Publications

  • Autism, Big Brains, and Zebrafish?
  • Looking at gastrointestinal symptoms in autistic children over time
  • Sex differences in trajectories of cortical development in autistic children from 2–13 years of age
  • Why do we need sex-balanced studies of autism?
  • IQ trajectories in autistic children through preadolescence
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