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Brain structural and functional development underlies the maturation of increasingly sophisticated cognitive abilities. High-level social and cognitive processes rely on the integrity of, and dynamic interactions between, several core brain networks. Our research program characterizes the development of brain networks in autism and examines relationships with social cognitive and repetitive behaviors. We find that brain connectivity changes across the lifespan in autism, and suggest ways in which age-dependent brain network properties can be understood to contribute to the emergence of specific behaviors.