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When we have this process thats really convoluted and complicated, its always the families with the least privilege who dont make it through.

Katharine Zuckerman, Oregon Health and Science University, on the challenges of getting an autism diagnosis and treatment in the United States.

If they find something that fits their argument, they emphasize it and make a point about it, and if they find something that doesnt fit their argument, they tend to put it aside.

Arthur Beaudet, Baylor College of Medicine, on researchers tendency to pick and choose what to include in a study.

Thats pretty good evidence when you poke it and it jumps, and you keep poking it and it jumps higher that youre on to a causal relationship.

Joy Hirsch, Yale University, on her teams findings that direct eye contact activates a region of the social brain.

Until we attend to the full diversity of autistic traits in confluence with gender, sexuality, culture, ethnicity, race, class, we will continue to miss people, and they will continue to feel lost.

Rua M. Williams, a nonbinary graduate student at the University of Florida, on the need to recognize the full spectrum of people with autism.

Im thinking of introducing a unicorn as our mascot. Who doesnt like magic and a bit of good luck to go with their science?

Annie Ciernia, University of British Columbia, on the ideal lab mascot.

Sitting in a room for two days thinking of nothing else but these children and their parents and the issues they have, and seeing them firsthand, gives you insight you just cant get any other way.

Stephan Sanders, University of California, San Francisco, on the value of attending meetings with families whose children share a rare genetic diagnosis.

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Quotes of the year - Spectrum

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