Lydia Denworth is a New York-based science writer and author of I Can Hear You Whisper: An Intimate Journey through the Science of Sound and Language.
Lydia Denworth
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The last two-author neuroscience paper?
Author lists on papers have ballooned, and it’s getting hard to discern contribution.
The promise of telehealth in autism diagnoses
The COVID-19 pandemic forced a reckoning, in which autism clinicians had to redefine best practices and expand how children are evaluated. The remote assessments they developed may help solve a persistent problem: the long wait families endure to get a diagnosis in the United States.
The promise of telehealth in autism diagnoses
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Lydia Denworth
15 February 2023 | 22 min read
The most personalized medicine: Studying your own child’s rare condition
A handful of scientists are committed to advancing research on the autism-related genetic conditions their own children have.
The most personalized medicine: Studying your own child’s rare condition
By
Lydia Denworth
7 July 2022 | 18 min listen
Owen’s odyssey: A year and a half after an autism diagnosis
This is part 2 of Owen’s story. It tracks his early progress in treatment for autism. Part 1 described his difficult path to a diagnosis.
Owen’s odyssey: A year and a half after an autism diagnosis
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Lydia Denworth
25 November 2020 | 15 min read
A quest for Quincy: Gene therapies come of age for some forms of autism
A gene therapy for Angelman syndrome stands at the forefront of efforts to treat autism-linked conditions that stem from single genes.
A quest for Quincy: Gene therapies come of age for some forms of autism
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Lydia Denworth, Brendan Borrell
14 October 2020 | 26 min listen
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