Autism spectrum disorder has attracted intense
interest from the public and scientists over recent years. Nature sorts fact from fiction in this hot,
but sometimes contentious, field: from the debate about soaring diagnoses, to
the idea that scientists and engineers are at high risk of having a child with
autism. The special includes news and comment from Nature,
and articles from Nature Medicine, Nature Neuroscience and Nature Reviews Neuroscience. Image Credit: Loannes Baptista, Wikimedia Commons