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Within a year of this, they were running a school. They soon became their country's main autism association. The Autism Society of Taiwan (中華民國自閉症總會) was founded in January 1985. [401] Eleven mothers of autistic children in the Philippines held a gathering in 1987.
Autism spectrum disorder [a] (ASD), or simply autism, is a neurodevelopmental disorder "characterized by persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction across multiple contexts" and "restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities". [11] Sensory abnormalities are also included in the diagnostic manuals ...
One theory on the evolutionary and biological origins of autism traits in Homo sapiens that has gained recent attention in the 2010s and 2020s is that some genes linked to autism may have originated from early humans crossbreeding with Neanderthals, an extinct group of archaic humans (generally regarded as a distinct species, Homo ...
Bernard Rimland (November 15, 1928 – November 21, 2006) was an American research psychologist, writer, lecturer, and influential person in the field of developmental disorders.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Actor Haven Burton wasn't worried about what professional critics thought of her new musical “How to Dance in Ohio." Who she really wanted to hear from was her 11-year-old son ...
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Societal and cultural aspects of autism or sociology of autism [1] come into play with recognition of autism, approaches to its support services and therapies, and how autism affects the definition of personhood. [2] The autistic community is divided primarily into two camps: the autism rights movement and the pathology paradigm.