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Is the Neurodiversity Movement Misrepresenting Autism

Published January 16, 2013 in Slate

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_examiner/2013/01/autism_neurodiversity_does_facilitated_communication_work_and_who_speaks.single.html

Filed under: featured, Neurodiversity

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