Fresh Take: Dr. Lynn Koegel on the Hidden Bri...

Based on a recent listener question about how to start to let go as our kids get older, this "Deep Dive" series highlights some of our past interview episodes on the topic. As moms, we're often given tons of societal pressure on how we have to give our kids all the right things—t ...  Show more

How do we get kids to *want* to put their phones down? This week we're talking to bestselling author Catherine Price about her latest book, The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World, co-written with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt. Instead ...  Show more

What is autism? Why are autistic women and girls less likely to receive a diagnosis? And what does the science really say about the underlying causes of autism? In this episode of How We’re Wired, join evolutionary anthropologist Dr Anna Machin as she explores autism, from the st ...  Show more

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David talks to Lisa Didion, an Assistant Professor of Special Education at the University of Kansas. Lisa wrote in after the Fake Seizure Guy episode, saying that Flightless Bird should take a deeper dive into autism in America. With RFK Jr’s recen ...  Show more

Has our understanding of autism changed how we treat and diagnose the disorder?

According to the CDC, one in thirty-six children in the US have autism. Unlike many other medical conditions, the diagnosis of autism is done based purely on behavior. That ignores the enviro ...

In this episode, hosts Drs. Peter Lu and Jennifer Lee talk to Dr. Kara Margolis about caring for autistic children with GI ...