In her study of prematurity and ASD, Dr. Pinto-Martin found that babies weighing less than 4.5 pounds had a five-fold increased risk for ASD. Published in Pediatrics, the study was named by TIME magazine as one of the Top Ten Parenting Findings of 2011. This increased risk, confirmed by other researchers, has led to an effort to establish standardized screening of pre-term babies to identify red flags for autism.