UCLA Center for Autism Research and Treatment

23/06/2025

Behind Netflix’s Love on the Spectrum is a real-life dating bootcamp, developed by Dr. Elizabeth Laugeson, UCLA clinical professor, Director of the UCLA PEERS Clinic, and UCLA CART psychologist. Listen to the story: Learning to love on the spectrum. How a UCLA psychologist inspired the Netflix series: https://laist.com/shows/airtalk/as-tensions-with-iran-mount-top-republican-voices-are-split-on-next-steps -to-love-on-the-spectrum-how-a-ucla-psychologist-inspired-the-netflix-series

18/06/2025

A New Era for Romantic Relationships in Autism: How UCLA PEERS Empowers Autistic Individuals to Find Love and Build Inclusive Futures. Read more here: https://www.forwardpathway.us/a-new-era-for-romantic-relationships-in-autism-how-ucla-peers-empowers-autistic-individuals-to-find-love-and-build-inclusive-futures

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17/06/2025

16/06/2025

Reposting from Special Needs Network :

Powerful conversation with Dr. Dan Geschwind debunking harmful vaccine myths and highlighting what families really need — compassion and facts. Dr. Geschwind addresses the widespread misinformation linking vaccines to autism — including recent claims by RFK Jr.

Let’s keep sharing science and supporting our community.

16/06/2025

Reposting from :

Powerful conversation with Dr. Dan Geschwind debunking harmful vaccine myths and highlighting what families really need — compassion and facts. Dr. Geschwind addresses the widespread misinformation linking vaccines to autism — including recent claims by RFK Jr.

Let’s keep sharing science and supporting our community.

12/06/2025

"Increasingly, Dr. Laugeson said, people understand that adults with autism may want romance and intimacy." This article explores how evidence-based social skills programs, like PEERS®, are helping autistic adults navigate dating and intimacy with confidence and authenticity. From decoding flirting cues to handling rejection, everyone deserves meaningful connection.
Read the full story about UCLA CART faculty member, Liz Laugeson, here:

When U.C.L.A. psychologists first proposed teaching adults with autism how to date, funders wouldn’t go near it. Now we are in a new world.

05/06/2025

WebMD Health Discovered featured Dr. Suma Jacob, UCLA faculty, clarifying key questions about autism’s causes, including genetics, prenatal factors, and the impact of improved screening.

Podcast Episode · Health Discovered · 06/05/2025 · 37m

23/05/2025

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22/05/2025

Dr. Dan Geschwind joins Dr. Patrick Short on The Genetics Podcast. They discuss the circuitous career path that led Daniel to building a biobank that provided the foundation for autism genetics, the complexity of the molecular and genetic aspects of autism, and how gene therapies could advance treatment. https://pod.fo/e/2d9093

09/05/2025

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18/04/2025

In the news: Autism Rate Continues to Rise Among Children, C.D.C. Reports, The New York Times: “It seems very unlikely that it is an epidemic, in the way that people define epidemics,” said Catherine Lord, a psychologist and autism researcher at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. [...] Still, she left open the possibility that other factors are contributing to more children developing autism. “We can account for a lot of the increase but perhaps not all of it,” Dr. Lord said. “But whatever it is, it’s not vaccines,” she added.

While the agency stressed that increased screening was most likely behind much of the increase, the health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., called it an “epidemic.”