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Autism: Difference or Dysfunction?
Published August 28, 2019
in ASF Podcast
The question of whether or not autism is a difference or a true dysfunction in brain development has been debated for years. A new study from Canada demonstrates that within an autism diagnosis, there is less of a difference in symptoms in the last 5 years than there was 30 years ago. This raises a lot of questions about what autism researchers have been studying lately. It also reinvigorates the discussion of whether the heterogeneity issue in autism has become such an issue that those with a true dysfunction are not getting the services they need, because of an interpretation that autism is just a difference. The podcast includes thoughts of the community voiced on social media as well as opinions of the ASF scientific advisory board.
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