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  2. 'I don't want him to go': An autistic teen and his family ...

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    Autism is a developmental condition that can shape how people think, communicate, move and process sensory information. ... mental health-related visits continued to rise among teens in 2021 and 2022.

  3. History of autism - Wikipedia

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    Baron-Cohen's book Mindblindness: An Essay on Autism and Theory of Mind was released in 1995. [352] The Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS) was developed in 1989 by Catherine Lord, Michael Rutter, Susan Goode, Jacquelyn Heemsbergen, Heather Jordan, Lynn Mawhood and Eric Schopler. [353] It became commercially available in 2001. [354 ...

  4. Controversies in autism - Wikipedia

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    [39] [citation needed] These advocates believe that medical research is necessary to address the rapid rise in autism diagnoses (sometimes referred to as the "autism epidemic"), [39] reduce suffering, and provide the best outcomes for autistic individuals. In addition to etiological research, other areas of focus may include biology, diagnosis ...

  5. Employment of autistic people - Wikipedia

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    Among the Swedish Autism community, two major reactions to employment stand out: one that views autism from a medical angle, as a health problem hindering employability, and which constitutes the slightly dominant view; another that calls for recognition of the particularities of autistic workers in the neurotypical context, and appeals to the ...

  6. Conditions comorbid to autism - Wikipedia

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    Gastrointestinal symptoms are a common comorbidity in patients with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), even though the underlying mechanisms are largely unknown. The most common gastrointestinal symptoms reported by proprietary tool developed and administered by Mayer, Padua, and Tillisch (2014) are abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea and ...

  7. Societal and cultural aspects of autism - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Jim Sinclair (activist) - Wikipedia

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    In 1993, Sinclair wrote the essay "Don't Mourn for Us" (1993) with an anti-cure perspective on autism. [12] The essay has been thought of by some [who?] to be a touchstone for the fledgling autism-rights movement and has been mentioned in The New York Times [4] and New York Magazine. [1] In the essay, Sinclair writes, You didn't lose a child to ...

  9. Discrimination against autistic people - Wikipedia

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    It is noted that in many countries autism is not a disability protected by anti-discrimination employment laws, and this is due to many corporations lobbying against it. [6] Autistic adults are also more likely to face healthcare disparities, such as being unvaccinated against common diseases like tetanus and being more likely to use emergency ...