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ONE BIG MYSTERY, MANY AUTISMS

BY AIMEE SWARTZ

@swartzgirl

IF YOU’VE SEEN one person with autism, you’ve seen one person with autism. It’s a common refrain among doctors who treat the neurodevelopmental disorder, which manifests differently in almost every case, even among the most closely related individuals.

People with autism engage in repetitive or obsessive actions and interests, struggle to communicate and have difficulty relating to others and to the world around them. But the exact features of the disorder, as well as its severity, can vary significantly. That’s why autism, now diagnosed in one in every 68 children in the United States, is no longer considered one condition but rather a spectrum of related but distinct disorders.

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Newsweek International
19th August 2016
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