Publications

VanDaalen, R., Hsiao, Y. J., Zhao, J. ., Karsting, H., Cai, R., Kim, J., & Fung, L. (2026). Exploring Correlations of Unemployment, Underemployment, and Well-being Among Autistic Job Seekers by Race in the United States. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-026-07270-y

Karsting, H., James, D., Zhen, C., & Fung, L. (2026). Autism Training Programs for Providers Supporting Autistic Adults: A Scoping Review. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-026-00561-1

Fung, L. (2026). Neurodiversity and Adults on the Autism Spectrum. Psychiatric Annals, 56(3), e54-e59. https://doi.org/10.3928/00485713-20260113-01

McGrath, J., Gong, J., Hegarty, J., Fung, L., Uljarevic, M., & Hardan, A. (2025). Placebo Effect in Clinical Trials in Autism: Experience from a Pregnenolone Treatment Study. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disabilities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06951-4

Zhao, J., Woo, S., VanDaalen, R., Hsiao, Y. J., Karsting, H., Zhen, C., Ashworth, J., Barnwell, V., Brooks, J., Candreva, I. ., Dixon, S., Downs, C., Farrar, S., Feingold, D., Garoppolo, G., Gersowsky, V., Gonzales, L., Hicks, S., Kindell, L., LaRoche, M., Linka, H., Masters, A., Medina, S., Satterwhite, H., Solorzano, M., Vierra, F., Paradiz, V., & Fung, L. (2025). Improving Employment Outcomes of Autistic Individuals and People with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities through the DIVERSE Curriculum: Community-Based Participatory Research and Pilot Assessment. Autism in Adulthood. https://doi.org/10.1089/aut.2024.0270

James, D., Lam, V., Jo, B., & Fung, L. (2025). Sex Differences in the Relationship Between Cortical Thickness and Sensory Motor Symptoms in Autistic Adults. Behavioral Neurology, 2025, 2951294. https://doi.org/10.1155/bn/2951294

Jain, S., Shah, K., Woo, S., Dykman, M., Fung, L., & Rork, J. (2024). Strengths-Based Assessment and Inclusive Language for Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Pediatric Dermatology, 42(3), 673-676. https://doi.org/10.1111/pde.15832

Lane-McKinley, K., Hogg, J., & Fung, L. (2024). Fatal Shooting of an Autistic Adolescent: What Should We Do?. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54(12), 4757-4760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-024-06558-1

Schuck, R., & Fung, L. (2023). A Dual Design Thinking -Universal Design Approach to Catalyze Neurodiversity Advocacy Through Collaboration Amongst High-Schoolers. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1250895. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1250895

Morris, I., Matta, C., & Fung, L. (2022). A Scoping Review of Peer Mentoring Programs for Autistic College Students. Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 11, 21-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-022-00325-7

James, D., Lam, V., Jo, B., & Fung, L. (2022). Region-Specific Associations between GABAA Receptor Binding and Cortical Thickness in High-Functioning Autistic Adults. Autism Research, 15(6), 1068-1082. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2703

Ayub, R., Sun, K., Flores, R., Lam, V., Jo, B., Saggar, M., & Fung, L. (2021). Thalamocortical Connectivity is Associated with Autism Symptoms in High-Functioning Adults with Autism and Typically Developing Adults. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1), 93. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41398-021-01221-0

Chew, L., Sun, K., Sun, W., Wang, Z., Rajadas, J., Flores, R., Arnold, E., & Fung, L. (2021). Association of Serum Allopregnanolone with Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors in High-Functioning Adult Males with Autism. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 123, 105039. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.105039

Fung, L. (2021). Neurodiversity: from Phenomenology to Neurobiology and Enhancing Technologies. American Psychiatric Association Publishing.

Fung, L., Flores, R., Gu, M., Sun, K., James, D., Schuck, R., Jo, B., Park, J. H. ., Lee, B. C. ., Jung, J. H., Kim, S. E., Saggar, M., Sacchet, M., Warnock, G., Khalighi, M. ., Spielman, D., Chin, F., & Hardan, A. (2021). Thalamic and prefrontal GABA concentrations but not GABAA receptor densities are altered in high-functioning adults with autism spectrum disorder. Molecular Psychiatry, 26(5), 1634-1646. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41380-020-0756-y

Parker, K., Oztan, O., Libove, R., Mohsin, N., Karhson, D., Sumiyoshi, R., Summers, J., Hinman, K., Motonaga, K., Phillips, J., Carson, D., Fung, L., Garner, J., & Hardan, A. (2019). A Randomized Controlled Pilot Trial of Intranasal Vasopressin Treatment for Social Deficits in Children with Autism. Science Translational Medicine, 11(491), eaau7356. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31043522/

Leyden, J., Fung, L., & Frick, S. (2019). Autism and toe-walking: are they related?. Trends and treatment patterns from 2005-2016. 13(4), 340-45. https://doi.org/10.1302/1863-2548.13.180160

Schuck, R., Flores, R., & Fung, L. (2019). Sex/Gender Differences in Symptomology and Camouflaging in Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism & Developmental Disabilities, 49(6), 2597-2604. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-03998-y

Fung, L., & Reiss, A. (2016). Moving towards integrative, multi-dimensional research in modern psychiatry: lessons learned from fragile X syndrome. Biological Psychiatry, 80(2), 100-11. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsych.2015.12.015

Palner, M., Beinat, C., Banister, S., Zanderigo, F., Park, J. H., Shen, B., Hjoernevik, T., Fung, L., & Chin, F. (2016). Effects of common anesthetic agents on [18F]flumazenil binding to the GABAA receptor. European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Research, 6(1), 80. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27826950/