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It’s a mystery that researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute are looking to crack. Why are boys five times more likely than girls to be autistic?
As Christine Wu Nordahl, assistant professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the UC Davis MIND Institute explains it: A genetic mutation in girls has more hurdles to go over than boys.
“It takes a greater genetic hit for a girl to get autism than it does for a boy,” Nordahl said. Read more.

Oakland, CA – On July 25, the California Department of Public Health (DPH) recommended terminating federal certification of the remaining seven Intermediate Care Facility (ICF) units at Sonoma Developmental Center, impacting 166 residents, finding that the facility failed to meet multiple health and safety standards. This follows action in January 2013 when the Department of Developmental Services (DDS) voluntarily withdrew four ICF units at Sonoma from federal certification due to ongoing uncorrected deficiencies. Read More.

The California Department of Health announced Friday that it had issued a notice to terminate federal funding for the Sonoma Developmental Center, leaving the future of the beleaguered facility unclear. The Department of Developmental Services, which runs the facility, has 90 days to appeal the decision. Read More.

State health officials announced Friday that they are terminating federal funding for the Sonoma Developmental Center, citing ongoing issues with patient safety at the troubled facility.

In a news release, the state Department of Public Health stated it took the action because the center failed to comply with the conditions of participation for the federal Medicaid certification program. Read More.

University of California Davis professor Judy Van de Water has received a Hartwell Foundation award to support research that could affect almost one in every four cases of autism among children in the country.
An autism researcher affiliated with the UC Davis MIND Institute, she is one of 11 scientists nationwide to receive an individual biomedical research award for innovative, early-stage research with the potential to benefit children.
In 2013, Van de Water discovered how unique antibodies in the bloodstream of some pregnant mothers target proteins critical to fetal brain development. Read more.