AUTS2 and neurodevelopmental disorder: The autism susceptibility candidate 2 (AUTS2; also known as activator of transcription and developmental regulator) gene is a known regulator of transcription in the nervous system (Gao et al., 2014; Russo et al., 2018; Wang et al., 2018) and is associated with several neurodevelopmental disorders including ASD (Sultana et al., 2002; Kalscheuer et al., 2007; Beunders et al., 2013).